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Chen X, Ding L, Wang Y, Gao Z, Li J, Liu X, Wang L, Zhu Y, Fan C, Jia S, Yao G. Welded Gold Nanoparticle Assemblies Defined Plasmonic Coupling. NANO LETTERS 2024. [PMID: 38984788 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/11/2024]
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Nanoparticle assemblies with interparticle ohmic contacts are crucial for nanodevice fabrication. Despite tremendous progress in DNA-programmable nanoparticle assemblies, seamlessly welding discrete components into welded continuous three-dimensional (3D) configurations remains challenging. Here, we introduce a single-stranded DNA-encoded strategy to customize welded metal nanostructures with tunable morphologies and plasmonic properties. We demonstrate the precise welding of gold nanoparticle assemblies into continuous metal nanostructures with interparticle ohmic contacts through chemical welding in solution. We find that the welded gold nanoparticle assemblies show a consistent morphology with welded efficiency over 90%, such as the rod-like, triangular, and tetrahedral metal nanostructures. Next, we show the versatility of this strategy by welding gold nanoparticle assemblies of varied sizes and shapes. Furthermore, the experiment and simulation show that the welded gold nanoparticle assemblies exhibit defined plasmonic coupling. This single-stranded DNA encoded welding system may provide a new route for accurately building functional plasmonic nanomaterials and devices.
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- Xiaoliang Chen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Division of Physical Biology, CAS Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Institute of Materiobiology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Institute of Materiobiology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- Institute of Materiobiology, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Zhang Jiang Institute for Advanced Study and National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Hao R, Deng Y, Fang J, Zhao D. Three-Dimensionally Nanometallic Superstructure Synthesized via a Single-Particle Soft-Enveloping Strategy. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:4554-4561. [PMID: 38573122 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c00608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2024]
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Three-dimensionally (3D) integrated metallic nanomaterials composed of two or more different types of nanostructures make up a class of advanced materials due to the multidimensional and synergistic effects between different components. However, designing and synthesizing intricate, well-defined metallic 3D nanomaterials remain great challenges. Here, a novel single-particle soft-enveloping strategy using a core-shell Au NP@mSiO2 particle as a template was proposed to synthesize 3D nanomaterials, namely, a Au nanoparticle@center-radial nanorod-Au-Pt nanoparticle (Au NP@NR-NP-Pt NP) superstructure. Taking advantage of the excellent plasmonic properties of Au NP@NR-NP by the synergistic plasmonic coupling of the outer Au NPs and inner Au nanorods, we can enhance the catalytic performance for 4-nitrophenol hydrogenation using Au NP@NR-NP-Pt NP as a photocatalyst with plasmon-excited hot electrons from Au NP@NR-NP under light irradiation, which is 2.76 times higher than in the dark. This process opens a door for the design of a new generation of 3D metallic nanomaterials for different fields.
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- Rui Hao
- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Biomedical Information Engineering of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710049, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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Kim D, Lee J, Kim G, Ma J, Kim HM, Han JH, Jeong HH. Proton-Assisted Assembly of Colloidal Nanoparticles into Wafer-Scale Monolayers in Seconds. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2313299. [PMID: 38267396 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202313299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Revised: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Underwater adhesion processes in nature promise controllable assembly of functional nanoparticles for industrial mass production; However, their artificial strategies have faced challenges to uniformly transfer nanoparticles into a monolayer, particularly those below 100 nm in size, over large areas. Here a scalable "one-shot" self-limiting nanoparticle transfer technique is presented, enabling the efficient transport of nanoparticles from water in microscopic volumes to an entire 2-inch wafer in a remarkably short time of 10 seconds to reach near-maximal surface coverage (≈40%) in a 2D mono-layered fashion. Employing proton engineering in electrostatic assembly accelerates the diffusion of nanoparticles (over 50 µm2/s), resulting in a hundredfold faster coating speed than the previously reported results in the literature. This charge-sensitive process further enables "pick-and-place" nanoparticle patterning at the wafer scale, with large flexibility in surface materials, including flexible metal oxides and 3D-printed polymers. As a result, the fabrication of wafer-scale disordered plasmonic metasurfaces in seconds is successfully demonstrated. These metasurfaces exhibit consistent resonating colors across diverse material and geometrical platforms, showcasing their potential for applications in full-color painting and optical encryption devices.
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- Doeun Kim
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
- Department of Semiconductor Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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Derelli D, Frank K, Grote L, Mancini F, Dippel AC, Gutowski O, Nickel B, Koziej D. Direct Synthesis of CuPd Icosahedra Supercrystals Studied by In Situ X-Ray Scattering. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2311714. [PMID: 38501853 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202311714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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Nanocrystal self-assembly into supercrystals provides a versatile platform for creating novel materials and devices with tailored properties. While common self-assembly strategies imply the use of purified nanoparticles after synthesis, conversion of chemical precursors directly into nanocrystals and then supercrystals in simple procedures has been rarely reported. Here, the nucleation and growth of CuPd icosahedra and their consecutive assembly into large closed-packed face-centered cubic (fcc) supercrystals are studied. To this end, the study simultaneously and in situ measures X-ray total scattering with pair distribution function analysis (TS-PDF) and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). It is found that the supercrystals' formation is preceded by an intermediate dense phase of nanocrystals displaying short-range order (SRO). It is further shown that the organization of oleic acid/oleylamine surfactants into lamellar structures likely drives the emergence of the SRO phase and later of the supercrystals by reducing the volume accessible to particle diffusion. The supercrystals' formation as well as their disassembly are triggered by temperature. The study demonstrates that ordering of solvent molecules can be crucial in the direct synthesis of supercrystals. The study also provides a general approach to investigate novel preparation routes of supercrystals in situ and across several length scales via X-ray scattering.
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- Davide Derelli
- Institute for Nanostructure and Solid-State Physics, Center for Hybrid Nanostructures, University of Hamburg, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80539, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nanostructure and Solid-State Physics, Center for Hybrid Nanostructures, University of Hamburg, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Nanostructure and Solid-State Physics, Center for Hybrid Nanostructures, University of Hamburg, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- Current affiliation: National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Science, Technology and Sustainability for Ceramics, CNR - ISSMC (former ISTEC), 64 I-48018, Via Granarolo, FAENZA (RA), Italy
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Physics and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80539, Munich, Germany
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- Institute for Nanostructure and Solid-State Physics, Center for Hybrid Nanostructures, University of Hamburg, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, 22761, Hamburg, Germany
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Xue Y, Song Q, Liu Y, Smith D, Li W, Zhong M. Hierarchically Structured Nanocomposites via Mixed-Graft Block Copolymer Templating: Achieving Controlled Nanostructure and Functionality. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:567-577. [PMID: 38117946 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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Integrating inorganic and polymerized organic functionalities to create composite materials presents an efficient strategy for the discovery and fabrication of multifunctional materials. The characteristics of these composites go beyond a simple sum of individual component properties; they are profoundly influenced by the spatial arrangement of these components and the resulting homo-/hetero-interactions. In this work, we develop a facile and highly adaptable approach for crafting nanostructured polymer-inorganic composites, leveraging hierarchically assembling mixed-graft block copolymers (mGBCPs) as templates. These mGBCPs, composed of diverse polymeric side chains that are covalently tethered with a defined sequence to a linear backbone polymer, self-assemble into ordered hierarchical structures with independently tuned nano- and mesoscale lattice features. Through the coassembly of mGBCPs with diversely sized inorganic fillers such as metal ions (ca. 0.1 nm), metal oxide clusters (0.5-2 nm), and metallic nanoparticles (>2 nm), we create three-dimensional filler arrays with controlled interfiller separation and arrangement. Multiple types of inorganic fillers are simultaneously integrated into the mGBCP matrix by introducing orthogonal interactions between distinct fillers and mGBCP side chains. This results in nanocomposites where each type of filler is selectively segregated into specific nanodomains with matrix-defined orientations. The developed coassembly strategy offers a versatile and scalable pathway for hierarchically structured nanocomposites, unlocking new possibilities for advanced materials in the fields of optoelectronics, sensing, and catalysis.
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- Yazhen Xue
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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Tan L, Fu W, Gao Q, Wang PP. Chiral Plasmonic Hybrid Nanostructures: A Gateway to Advanced Chiroptical Materials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2309033. [PMID: 37944554 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202309033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Chirality introduces a new dimension of functionality to materials, unlocking new possibilities across various fields. When integrated with plasmonic hybrid nanostructures, this attribute synergizes with plasmonic and other functionalities, resulting in unprecedented chiroptical materials that push the boundaries of the system's capabilities. Recent advancements have illuminated the remarkable chiral light-matter interactions within chiral plasmonic hybrid nanomaterials, allowing for the harnessing of their tunable optical activity and hybrid components. These advancements have led to applications in areas such as chiral sensing, catalysis, and spin optics. Despite these promising developments, there remains a need for a comprehensive synthesis of the current state-of-the-art knowledge, as well as a thorough understanding of the construction techniques and practical applications in this field. This review begins with an exploration of the origins of plasmonic chirality and an overview of the latest advancements in the synthesis of chiral plasmonic hybrid nanostructures. Furthermore, representative emerging categories of hybrid nanomaterials are classified and summarized, elucidating their versatile applications. Finally, the review engages with the fundamental challenges associated with chiral plasmonic hybrid nanostructures and offer insights into the future prospects of this advanced field.
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- Lili Tan
- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Shaanxi International Research Center for Soft Matter, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P. R. China
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Li P, Chen Z, Xia F, Wang N, Zhao J, Hu X, Zhu M, Yu S, Ling D, Li F. Leveraging Coupling Effect-Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance of Ruthenium Nanocrystal-Decorated Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Boosted Photothermal Immunotherapy. Adv Healthc Mater 2023; 12:e2302111. [PMID: 37699592 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202302111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Revised: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
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Photothermal immunotherapy (PTI) has emerged as a promising approach for cancer treatment, while its efficacy is often hindered by the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME). Here, this work presents a multifunctional platform for tumor PTI based on ruthenium nanocrystal-decorated mesoporous silica nanoparticles (RuNC-MSN). By precisely regulating the distance between RuNC on MSN, this work achieves a remarkable enhancement in surface plasmon resonance of RuNC, leading to a significant improvement in the photothermal efficiency of RuNC-MSN. Furthermore, the inherent catalase-like activity of RuNC-MSN enables effective modulation of the immunosuppressive TME, thereby facilitating an enhanced immune response triggered by the photothermal effect-mediated immunogenic cell death (ICD). As a result, RuNC-MSN exhibits superior PTI performance, resulting in pronounced inhibition of primary tumor and metastasis. This study highlights the rational design of PTI agents with coupling effect-enhanced surface plasmon resonance, enabling simultaneous induction of ICD and regulation of the immunosuppressive TME, thereby significantly boosting PTI efficacy.
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- Pin Li
- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230012, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Tumor of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310009, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
- Key Laboratory of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Tumor of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310009, China
- World Laureates Association (WLA) Laboratories, Shanghai, 201203, China
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Chen J, Yu Q, Lu M, Jeon CS, Pyun SH, Choo J. A strategy to enhance SERS detection sensitivity through the use of SiO 2 beads in a 1536-well plate. Anal Bioanal Chem 2023; 415:5939-5948. [PMID: 37589939 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-023-04896-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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The development of rapid and accurate assays is crucial to prevent the rapid spread of highly contagious respiratory infections such as coronavirus (COVID-19). Here, we developed a surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method that allows for the screening of multiple patient samples with high sensitivity on a 1536-well plate. As the well number on the ELISA well plate increases from 96 to 1536, the throughput of the assay increases but the sensitivity decreases due to the low number of biomarkers and the increase in non-specific binding species. To address this problem, silica (SiO2) beads were used to increase the surface-to-volume ratio and the loading density of biomarkers, thereby enhancing sensitivity. Using a three-dimensional gold nanoparticle (AuNP)@SiO2 SERS assay platform on a 1536-well plate, an immunoassay for the nucleocapsid protein biomarker of SARS-CoV-2 was performed and the limit of detection (LoD) decreased from 273 to 7.83 PFU/mL compared to using a two-dimensional assay platform with AuNPs. The proposed AuNPs@SiO2 SERS immunoassay (SERS-IA) platform is expected to dramatically decrease the false-negative diagnostic rate of the currently used lateral flow assay (LFA) or ELISA by enabling the positive diagnosis of patients with low virus concentrations.
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- Jiadong Chen
- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, South Korea
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- R&D Center, Speclipse Inc., Seongnam, 13461, South Korea
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- R&D Center, Speclipse Inc., Seongnam, 13461, South Korea.
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974, South Korea.
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Wu Y, Yu Q, Joung Y, Jeon CS, Lee S, Pyun SH, Joo SW, Chen L, Choo J. Highly Uniform Self-Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles by Butanol-Induced Dehydration and Its SERS Applications in SARS-CoV-2 Detection. Anal Chem 2023; 95:12710-12718. [PMID: 37594054 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c01348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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We report the development of a reproducible and highly sensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate using a butanol-induced self-assembly of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and its application as a rapid diagnostic platform for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The butanol-induced self-assembly process was used to generate a uniform assembly of AuNPs, with multiple hotspots, to achieve high reproducibility. When an aqueous droplet containing AuNPs and target DNAs was dropped onto a butanol droplet, butanol-induced dehydration occurred, enriching the target DNAs around the AuNPs and increasing the loading density of the DNAs on the AuNP surface. The SERS substrate was evaluated by using Raman spectroscopy, which showed strong electromagnetic enhancement of the Raman signals. The substrate was then tested for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 using SERS, and a very low limit of detection (LoD) of 3.1 × 10-15 M was obtained. This provides sufficient sensitivity for the SARS-CoV-2 screening assay, and the diagnostic time is significantly reduced as no thermocycling steps are required. This study demonstrates a method for the butanol-induced self-assembly of AuNPs and its application as a highly sensitive and reproducible SERS substrate for the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2. The results suggest the potential of this approach for developing rapid diagnostic platforms for other biomolecules and infectious diseases.
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- Yixuan Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, South Korea
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- R&D Center, Speclipse Inc., Seongnam 13461, South Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Molecular Engineering, Hanyang University ERICA, Ansan 15588, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, South Korea
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
- School of Pharmacy, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai 264003, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, South Korea
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Han JH, Kim D, Kim J, Kim G, Fischer P, Jeong HH. Plasmonic Nanostructure Engineering with Shadow Growth. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2107917. [PMID: 35332960 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202107917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Physical shadow growth is a vacuum deposition technique that permits a wide variety of 3D-shaped nanoparticles and structures to be fabricated from a large library of materials. Recent advances in the control of the shadow effect at the nanoscale expand the scope of nanomaterials from spherical nanoparticles to complex 3D shaped hybrid nanoparticles and structures. In particular, plasmonically active nanomaterials can be engineered in their shape and material composition so that they exhibit unique physical and chemical properties. Here, the recent progress in the development of shadow growth techniques to realize hybrid plasmonic nanomaterials is discussed. The review describes how fabrication permits the material response to be engineered and highlights novel functions. Potential fields of application with a focus on photonic devices, biomedical, and chiral spectroscopic applications are discussed.
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- Jang-Hwan Han
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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Yu Q, Trinh HD, Lee Y, Kang T, Chen L, Yoon S, Choo J. SERS-ELISA using silica-encapsulated Au core-satellite nanotags for sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2. SENSORS AND ACTUATORS. B, CHEMICAL 2023; 382:133521. [PMID: 36818494 PMCID: PMC9927800 DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2023.133521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The sensitive detection of viruses is key to preventing the spread of infectious diseases. In this study, we develop a silica-encapsulated Au core-satellite (CS@SiO2) nanotag, which produces a strong and reproducible surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) signal. The combination of SERS from the CS@SiO2 nanotags with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) achieves a highly sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2. The CS@SiO2 nanotag is constructed by assembling 32 nm Au nanoparticles (AuNPs) on a 75 nm AuNP. Then the core-satellite particles are encapsulated with SiO2 for facile surface modification and stability. The SERS-ELISA technique using the CS@SiO2 nanotags provides a great sensitivity, yielding a detection limit of 8.81 PFU mL-1, which is 10 times better than conventional ELISA and 100 times better than lateral flow assay strip method. SERS-ELISA is applied to 30 SARS-CoV-2 clinical samples and achieved 100% and 55% sensitivities for 15 and 9 positive samples with cycle thresholds < 30 and > 30, respectively. This new CS@SiO2-SERS-ELISA method is an innovative technique that can significantly reduce the false-negative diagnostic rate for SARS-CoV-2 and thereby contribute to overcoming the current pandemic crisis.
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- Qian Yu
- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, South Korea
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- Bionanotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
- School of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, South Korea
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 06974, South Korea
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Liang L, Wu L, Zheng P, Ding T, Ray K, Barman I. DNA-Patched Nanoparticles for the Self-Assembly of Colloidal Metamaterials. JACS AU 2023; 3:1176-1184. [PMID: 37124309 PMCID: PMC10131209 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Colloidal metamaterials are highly desired artificial materials that recapitulate the structure of simple molecules. They exhibit exceptional functionalities conferred by the organization of and specific interaction among constituent elements. Harvesting such exquisite attributes for potential applications necessitates establishing precise control over their structural configuration with high precision. Yet, creating molecule-like small clusters of colloidal metamaterials remains profoundly challenging, as a lack of regioselectively encoded surface chemical heterogeneity prevents specific recognition interactions. Herein, we report a new strategy by harnessing magnetic-bead-assisted DNA cluster transferring to create discretely DNA cluster-patched nanoparticles for the self-assembly of colloidal metamaterials. This strategy affords broad generalizability and scalability for robustly patching DNA clusters on nanoparticles unconstrained by geometrical, dimensional, and compositional complexities commonly encountered in colloidal materials at the nano- and microscale. We direct judiciously patched nanoparticles into a wide variety of nanoassemblies and present a case study demonstrating the distinct metamaterial properties in enhancing the spontaneous emission of diamond nanoparticles. This newly invented strategy is readily implementable and extendable to construct a palette of structurally sophisticated and functionality-explicit architecture, paving the way for nanoscale manipulation of colloidal material functionalities with wide-ranging applications for biological sensing, optical engineering, and catalytic chemistry.
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- Le Liang
- The
Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- The
Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Division
of Vaccine Research, Institute of Human Virology, Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland
School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
- Department
of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School
of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States
- Department
of Radiology & Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, United States
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Design strategy for CuO-ZnO S-scheme heterojunction photocatalysts in the presence of plasmonic Ag and insights into photoexcited carrier generation and interfacial transfer in diverse structural configurations of the heterostructure system. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.131077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Qi MY, Tang ZR, Xu YJ. Near Field Scattering Optical Model-Based Catalyst Design for Artificial Photoredox Transformation. ACS Catal 2023. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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- Ming-Yu Qi
- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
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- College of Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
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Jiang W, Low BQL, Long R, Low J, Loh H, Tang KY, Chai CHT, Zhu H, Zhu H, Li Z, Loh XJ, Xiong Y, Ye E. Active Site Engineering on Plasmonic Nanostructures for Efficient Photocatalysis. ACS NANO 2023; 17:4193-4229. [PMID: 36802513 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c12314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Plasmonic nanostructures have shown immense potential in photocatalysis because of their distinct photochemical properties associated with tunable photoresponses and strong light-matter interactions. The introduction of highly active sites is essential to fully exploit the potential of plasmonic nanostructures in photocatalysis, considering the inferior intrinsic activities of typical plasmonic metals. This review focuses on active site-engineered plasmonic nanostructures with enhanced photocatalytic performance, wherein the active sites are classified into four types (i.e., metallic sites, defect sites, ligand-grafted sites, and interface sites). The synergy between active sites and plasmonic nanostructures in photocatalysis is discussed in detail after briefly introducing the material synthesis and characterization methods. Active sites can promote the coupling of solar energy harvested by plasmonic metal to catalytic reactions in the form of local electromagnetic fields, hot carriers, and photothermal heating. Moreover, efficient energy coupling potentially regulates the reaction pathway by facilitating the excited state formation of reactants, changing the status of active sites, and creating additional active sites using photoexcited plasmonic metals. Afterward, the application of active site-engineered plasmonic nanostructures in emerging photocatalytic reactions is summarized. Finally, a summary and perspective of the existing challenges and future opportunities are presented. This review aims to deliver some insights into plasmonic photocatalysis from the perspective of active sites, expediting the discovery of high-performance plasmonic photocatalysts.
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- Wenbin Jiang
- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
- Institute of Sustainability for Chemicals, Energy and Environment (ISCE2), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138634, Republic of Singapore
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Chen H, Li X, Wang Y, Li Y, Yu Y, Li H, Shentu B. Rational Fabrication of Ag Nanocone Arrays Embedded with Ag NPs and Their Sensing Applications. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:46769-46776. [PMID: 36570300 PMCID: PMC9773957 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Colloidal lithography is used to design and construct a high-performance plasmonic sensor based on Ag nanocone arrays embedded with Ag NPs. The surface plasmon polariton (SPP) of the Ag nanocone array and the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) of Ag NPs inside the nanocones can both couple incident photons. Sharp reflectance troughs are considerably enhanced by coupling the SPPs and LSPR, which is made possible by carefully tuning the nanocone sizes. To maximize the line shape and sensitivity, other geometric factors, such as the thickness of the silver layer and the size of the Ag NPs, are modified. Finite-difference time-domain computations confirm these hypotheses and experimental findings. We use well-researched solvents with various refractive indices as a model system to demonstrate good sensing performance as a proof of concept. The crystal used in this investigation has the ideal refractive index sensitivity, having 500 nm lattice constant, 350 nm nanocone height, and 350 nm base diameter (aspect ratio = 1). The Ag nanocone array embedded with Ag NPs is a good contender for a sensing platform due to its compact structure and efficient read-out apparatus.
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- Hongxu Chen
- College
of Material and Textile Engineering, Jiaxing
University, Jiaxing 314001, China
- State
Key Lab of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological
Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
- Zhejiang
Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd., Jiaxing 314101, China
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- Zhejiang
Yuhua Timber Co., Ltd., Jiaxing 314101, China
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- College
of Material and Textile Engineering, Jiaxing
University, Jiaxing 314001, China
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- College
of Material and Textile Engineering, Jiaxing
University, Jiaxing 314001, China
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- College
of Material and Textile Engineering, Jiaxing
University, Jiaxing 314001, China
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- College
of Material and Textile Engineering, Jiaxing
University, Jiaxing 314001, China
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- State
Key Lab of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological
Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Ahmad I, Aslam M, Jabeen U, Zafar MN, Malghani MNK, Alwadai N, Alshammari FH, Almuslem AS, Ullah Z. ZnO and Ni-doped ZnO photocatalysts: Synthesis, characterization and improved visible light driven photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue. Inorganica Chim Acta 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2022.121167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Kim WG, Devaraj V, Yang Y, Lee JM, Kim JT, Oh JW, Rho J. Three-dimensional plasmonic nanoclusters driven by co-assembly of thermo-plasmonic nanoparticles and colloidal quantum dots. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:16450-16457. [PMID: 36214195 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr03737h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Metallic nanoparticles that support localized surface plasmons have emerged as fundamental iconic building blocks for nanoscale photonics. Self-assembled clustering of plasmonic nanoparticles with controlled near-field interactions offers an interesting novel route to manipulate the electromagnetic fields at a subwavelength scale. Various bottom-up, self-assembly manners have been successfully devised to build plasmonic nanoparticle clusters displaying attractive optical properties. However, the incapability to configure on-demand architectures limits its practical reliability uses for scalable nanophotonic devices. Furthermore, a critical challenge has been addressing the accurate positioning of functional nanoparticles, including catalytic nanoparticles, dielectric nanoparticles, and quantum dots (QDs) in the clustered plasmonic hotspots. This work proposes a micropipette-based self-assembly method to fabricate three-dimensional architectures composed of colloidal clusters. The heterogeneous colloidal clusters comprising metallic nanoparticles and QDs are fabricated in one step by the micropipette-based self-assembly method. A plasmonic clustered pillar embedding QDs exhibited excellent photoluminescence characteristics compared to a collapsed pillar. The experimental and theoretical demonstration of the localized surface plasmon resonance and thermo-plasmonic properties of the colloidal clusters was performed.
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- Won-Geun Kim
- BIT Fusion Technology Center, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea.
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- BIT Fusion Technology Center, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea.
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- Center of Nano Convergence Technology and School of Nanoconvergence Technology, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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- BIT Fusion Technology Center, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Nano Fusion Technology, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nanoenergy Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
- POSCO-POSTECH-RIST Convergence Research Center for Flat Optics and Metaphotonics, Pohang, 37673, Republic of Korea
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Liquid Phase Infiltration of Block Copolymers. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14204317. [PMID: 36297895 PMCID: PMC9612101 DOI: 10.3390/polym14204317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 10/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Novel materials with defined composition and structures at the nanoscale are increasingly desired in several research fields spanning a wide range of applications. The development of new approaches of synthesis that provide such control is therefore required in order to relate the material properties to its functionalities. Self-assembling materials such as block copolymers (BCPs), in combination with liquid phase infiltration (LPI) processes, represent an ideal strategy for the synthesis of inorganic materials into even more complex and functional features. This review provides an overview of the mechanism involved in the LPI, outlining the role of the different polymer infiltration parameters on the resulting material properties. We report newly developed methodologies that extend the LPI to the realisation of multicomponent and 3D inorganic nanostructures. Finally, the recently reported implementation of LPI into different applications such as photonics, plasmonics and electronics are highlighted.
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Yin S, Villagrán D. Design of nanomaterials for the removal of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in water: Strategies, mechanisms, challenges, and opportunities. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 831:154939. [PMID: 35367257 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Due to their persistent and pervasive distribution and their adverse effects on human health, the removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from the environment has been the focus of current research. Recent studies have shown that engineered nanomaterials provide great opportunities for their removal by chemical, physical and electrochemical adsorption methods, or as photo- or electrocatalysts that promote their degradation. This review summarizes and discusses the performance of recently reported nanomaterials towards PFAS removal in water treatment applications. We discuss the performance, mechanisms, and PFAS removal conditions of a variety of nanomaterials, including carbon-based, non-metal, single-metal, and multi-metal nanomaterials. We show that nanotechnology provides significant opportunities for PFAS remediation and further nanomaterial development can provide solutions for the removal of PFAS from the environment. We also provide an overview of the current challenges.
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- Sheng Yin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA; Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA; Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT), USA.
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Kim WG, Lee JM, Yang Y, Kim H, Devaraj V, Kim M, Jeong H, Choi EJ, Yang J, Jang Y, Badloe T, Lee D, Rho J, Kim JT, Oh JW. Three-Dimensional Plasmonic Nanocluster-Driven Light-Matter Interaction for Photoluminescence Enhancement and Picomolar-Level Biosensing. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:4702-4711. [PMID: 35622690 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Plasmonic nanoparticle clusters promise to support unique engineered electromagnetic responses at optical frequencies, realizing a new concept of devices for nanophotonic applications. However, the technological challenges associated with the fabrication of three-dimensional nanoparticle clusters with programmed compositions remain unresolved. Here, we present a novel strategy for realizing heterogeneous structures that enable efficient near-field coupling between the plasmonic modes of gold nanoparticles and various other nanomaterials via a simple three-dimensional coassembly process. Quantum dots embedded in the plasmonic structures display ∼56 meV of a blue shift in the emission spectrum. The decay enhancement factor increases as the total contribution of radiative and nonradiative plasmonic modes increases. Furthermore, we demonstrate an ultracompact diagnostic platform to detect M13 viruses and their mutations from femtoliter volume, sub-100 pM analytes. This platform could pave the way toward an effective diagnosis of diverse pathogens, which is in high demand for handling pandemic situations.
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- Won-Geun Kim
- BIT Fusion Technology Center, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- BIT Fusion Technology Center, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
- Center of Nano Convergence Technology and School of Nanoconvergence Technology, Hallym University, Chuncheon 24252, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- BIT Fusion Technology Center, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- BIT Fusion Technology Center, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- BIT Fusion Technology Center, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- Institute of Quantum Systems (IQS), Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physics, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
- POSCO-POSTECH-RIST Convergence Research Center for Flat Optics and Metaphotonics, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- BIT Fusion Technology Center, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nanoenergy Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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Kalkan B, Orakdogen N. Strength and salt/pH dependent-sorption capacity modulation of N-(alkyl)acrylamide-based semi-IPN hybrid gels reinforced with silica nanoparticles. Eur Polym J 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2022.111296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Zeb S, Cui Y, Zhao H, Sui Y, Yang Z, Khan ZU, Ahmad SM, Ikram M, Gao Y, Jiang X. Synergistic Effect of Au-PdO Modified Cu-Doped K 2W 4O 13 Nanowires for Dual Selectivity High Performance Gas Sensing. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:13836-13847. [PMID: 35286068 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c23051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Both 3-hydroxy-2-butanone and triethylamine are highly toxic and harmful to human health, and their chronic inhalation can cause respiratory diseases, eye lesions, dermatitis, headache, dizziness, drowsiness, and even fatality. Developing sensors for detecting such toxic gases with low power consumption, high response with superselectivity, and stability is crucial for healthcare and environmental monitoring. This study presents a typical gas sensor fabricated based on AuPdO modified Cu-doped K2W4O13 nanowires, which can selectively detect 3-hydroxy-2-butanone and triethylamine at 120 and 200 °C, respectively. The sensor displays excellent sensing performance at reduced operating temperature, high selectivity, fast response/recovery, and stability, which can be attributed to a synergistic effect of Cu dopants and AuPdO nanoparticles on the K2W4O13 host. The enhanced sensing response and selectivity could be attributed to the oxygen vacancies/defects, bandgap excitation, the electronic sensitization, the reversible redox reaction of PdO and Cu, the cocatalytic activity of AuPdO, and Schottky barrier contacts at the interface of tungsten oxide and Au. The significant variations in the activation capacities of Cu-doped K2W4O13, Pd/PdO, and Au nanoparticles toward 3H-2B and TEA, and the diffusion depth of the two gases in the coated sensing layer may cause dual selectivity. The designed gas sensor materials can serve as a sensitive target for detecting toxic biomarkers and hold broad application prospects in food and environmental safety inspection.
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- Shah Zeb
- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
- College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Smart Materials and Engineering, University of Jinan, No. 336 Nanxinzhuang West Road, 250022, Jinan, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Smart Materials and Engineering, University of Jinan, No. 336 Nanxinzhuang West Road, 250022, Jinan, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Smart Materials and Engineering, University of Jinan, No. 336 Nanxinzhuang West Road, 250022, Jinan, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Smart Materials and Engineering, University of Jinan, No. 336 Nanxinzhuang West Road, 250022, Jinan, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Smart Materials and Engineering, University of Jinan, No. 336 Nanxinzhuang West Road, 250022, Jinan, P. R. China
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- National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan
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- National Centre of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar, Peshawar 25120, Pakistan
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
- College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Nanhai Avenue 3688, Shenzhen 518060, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Institute for Smart Materials and Engineering, University of Jinan, No. 336 Nanxinzhuang West Road, 250022, Jinan, P. R. China
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Lee BHJ, Arya G. Assembly mechanism of surface-functionalized nanocubes. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:3917-3928. [PMID: 35225318 DOI: 10.1039/d1nr07995f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Faceted nanoparticles can be used as building blocks to assemble nanomaterials with exceptional optical and catalytic properties. Recent studies have shown that surface functionalization of such nanoparticles with organic molecules, polymer chains, or DNA can be used to control the separation distance and orientation of particles within their assemblies. In this study, we computationally investigate the mechanism of assembly of nanocubes grafted with short-chain molecules. Our approach involves computing the interaction free energy landscape of a pair of such nanocubes via Monte Carlo simulations and using the Dijkstra algorithm to determine the minimum free energy pathway connecting key states in the landscape. We find that the assembly pathway of nanocubes is very rugged involving multiple energy barriers and metastable states. Analysis of nanocube configurations along the pathway reveals that the assembly mechanism is dominated by sliding motion of nanocubes relative to each other punctuated by their local dissociation at grafting points involving lineal separation and rolling motions. The height of energy barriers between metastable states depends on factors such as the interaction strength and surface roughness of the nanocubes and the steric repulsion from the grafts. These results imply that the observed assembly configuration of nanocubes depends not only on their globally stable minimum free energy state but also on the assembly pathway leading to this state. The free energy landscapes and assembly pathways presented in this study along with the proposed guidelines for engineering such pathways should be useful to researchers aiming to achieve uniform nanostructures from self-assembly of faceted nanoparticles.
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- Brian Hyun-Jong Lee
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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Sepahvand M, Ghasemi F, Hosseini HM. Accelerated Leaching of Unmodified Gold Nanoparticles for Environmental and Biological Monitoring of Nitrite and Nitrate. ChemistrySelect 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202103094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Marzieh Sepahvand
- Department of Soil Science College of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Tehran Karaj Iran
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- Department of Nanotechnology Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII) Agricultural Research Education, and Extension Organization (AREEO) Karaj 3135933151 Iran
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- Department of Soil Science College of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Tehran Karaj Iran
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Wang C, O'Hagan MP, Li Z, Zhang J, Ma X, Tian H, Willner I. Photoresponsive DNA materials and their applications. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:720-760. [PMID: 34985085 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00688f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Photoresponsive nucleic acids attract growing interest as functional constituents in materials science. Integration of photoisomerizable units into DNA strands provides an ideal handle for the reversible reconfiguration of nucleic acid architectures by light irradiation, triggering changes in the chemical and structural properties of the nanostructures that can be exploited in the development of photoresponsive functional devices such as machines, origami structures and ion channels, as well as environmentally adaptable 'smart' materials including nanoparticle aggregates and hydrogels. Moreover, photoresponsive DNA components allow control over the composition of dynamic supramolecular ensembles that mimic native networks. Beyond this, the modification of nucleic acids with photosensitizer functionality enables these biopolymers to act as scaffolds for spatial organization of electron transfer reactions mimicking natural photosynthesis. This review provides a comprehensive overview of these exciting developments in the design of photoresponsive DNA materials, and showcases a range of applications in catalysis, sensing and drug delivery/release. The key challenges facing the development of the field in the coming years are addressed, and exciting emergent research directions are identified.
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- Chen Wang
- Institute of Chemistry, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Frontiers Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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Ren H, Wei Z, Wei H, Yu D, Li H, Bi F, Xu B, Zhang H, Hua Z, Yang G. Pyridine-containing block copolymeric nano-assemblies obtained through complementary hydrogen-bonding directed polymerization-induced self-assembly in water. Polym Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2py00391k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A diversity of pyridine-containing polymeric nanomaterials with controllable structures and multiple responses were developed through complementary hydrogen-bonding directed polymerization-induced self-assembly in aqueous solution.
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- Hui Ren
- Biomass Molecular Engineering Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, P. R. China
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- Biomass Molecular Engineering Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, P. R. China
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- Biomass Molecular Engineering Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, P. R. China
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- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Pest Control, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, P. R. China
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- Biomass Molecular Engineering Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, P. R. China
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- Biomass Molecular Engineering Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China
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- Biomass Molecular Engineering Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, P. R. China
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- Biomass Molecular Engineering Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, P. R. China
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- Biomass Molecular Engineering Center and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, P. R. China
- Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Pest Control, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, P. R. China
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Wang L. Dewetting of ultrathin Ag film with random vacancy defects on a SiO 2 substrate: a molecular dynamics simulation. RSC Adv 2022; 12:26406-26410. [PMID: 36275083 PMCID: PMC9479676 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra03137j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 09/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The spinodal instability and thermal nucleation mechanisms successfully describe the dewetting of metallic thin films. The previous research mainly focuses on homogeneous and continuous films. However, less attention is paid to the effect of random vacancy defects that frequently appear in actual situations on the film dewetting. In this work, the thermally-induced dewetting of a 0.4 nm thick ultrathin Ag film with different vacancy rate (f) ranging from 0.01 to 0.5 on a SiO2 substrate is investigated by the molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. Thermal nucleation and growth of holes appear in the dewetting process. The characteristic dewetting time (t) decreases dramatically with the increase of vacancy rate (f) of the Ag film. This is possibly because the presence of vacancy defects effectively reduce the incubation period of the initial holes, which is significant even for a very small vacancy rate less than 0.05. The characteristic dewetting time (t) of a metallic thin film on SiO2 decreases dramatically with the increase of the film vacancy rate (f).![]()
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- Lei Wang
- College of Mathematics and Physics, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Shandong Advanced Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies Engineering Laboratory, Qingdao 266061, China
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Theoretical Basis of Quantum-Mechanical Modeling of Functional Nanostructures. Symmetry (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/sym13050883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The paper presents an analytical review of theoretical methods for modeling functional nanostructures. The main evolutionary changes in the approaches of quantum-mechanical modeling are described. The foundations of the first-principal theory are considered, including the stationery and time-dependent Schrödinger equations, wave functions, the form of writing energy operators, and the principles of solving equations. The idea and specifics of describing the motion and interaction of nuclei and electrons in the framework of the theory of the electron density functional are presented. Common approximations and approaches in the methods of quantum mechanics are presented, including the Born–Oppenheimer approximation, the Hartree–Fock approximation, the Thomas–Fermi theory, the Hohenberg–Kohn theorems, and the Kohn–Sham formalism. Various options for describing the exchange–correlation energy in the theory of the electron density functional are considered, such as the local density approximation, generalized and meta-generalized gradient approximations, and hybridization of the generalized gradient method. The development of methods of quantum mechanics to quantum molecular dynamics or the dynamics of Car–Parrinello is shown. The basic idea of combining classical molecular modeling with calculations of the electronic structure, which is reflected in the potentials of the embedded atom, is described.
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Lee J, Bae C, Ou Z, Park S, Kim J, Kim J. Nanoscopic morphological effect on the optical properties of polymer-grafted gold polyhedra. NANOSCALE ADVANCES 2021; 3:1927-1933. [PMID: 36133089 PMCID: PMC9419197 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00035g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Plasmonic nanoparticles show highly sensitive optical properties upon local dielectric environment changes. Hybridisation of plasmonic nanoparticles with active polymeric materials can allow stimuli-responsive and multiplex sensing over conventional monotonic sensing capacity. Such heterogeneous adlayers around the plasmonic core component, however, are likely to perturb the local refractive index in the nanometre regime and lead to uncertainty in its intrinsic sensitivity. Herein we prepare a series of polystyrene-grafted polyhedral gold nanoparticles, cubic and concave cubic cores, with different edge lengths and polymer thicknesses with precise synthesis control. Their localised surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) spectral changes are monitored to understand the effect of core morphological details in the interplay of nanoscale polymeric shells. Quantitative image analysis of changes in the core and shell shape contours and finite-difference time-domain simulations of the corresponding LSPR spectra and electric field distributions reveal that the magnitude of the LSPR spectral shift is closely dependent on the core morphology, polymer shell thickness and electric field intensity. We also demonstrate that the polystyrene-grafted gold concave cube displays higher sensitivity for nanoscale refractive index change in the polymer shell than the polystyrene-grafted gold cube at different temperatures. Our systematic investigation will help design polymer-composited plasmonic nanosensors for desirable applications.
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- Jaedeok Lee
- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University Jinju 52828 South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University Jinju 52828 South Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University Stanford California 94305 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University Jinju 52828 South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University Jinju 52828 South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University Jinju 52828 South Korea
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Kao KC, Yang AC, Huang W, Zhou C, Goodman ED, Holm A, Frank CW, Cargnello M. A General Approach for Monolayer Adsorption of High Weight Loadings of Uniform Nanocrystals on Oxide Supports. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:7971-7979. [PMID: 33403788 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202017238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Monodispersed metal and semiconductor nanocrystals have attracted great attention in fundamental and applied research due to their tunable size, morphology, and well-defined chemical composition. Utilizing these nanocrystals in a controllable way is highly desirable especially when using them as building blocks for the preparation of nanostructured materials. Their deposition onto oxide materials provide them with wide applicability in many areas, including catalysis. However, so far deposition methods are limited and do not provide control to achieve high particle loadings. This study demonstrates a general approach for the deposition of hydrophobic ligand-stabilized nanocrystals on hydrophilic oxide supports without ligand-exchange. Surface functionalization of the supports with primary amine groups either using an organosilane ((3-aminopropyl)trimethoxysilane) or bonding with aminoalcohols (3-amino-1,2-propanediol) were found to significantly improve the interaction between nanocrystals and supports achieving high loadings (>10 wt. %). The bonding method with aminoalcohols guarantees the opportunity to remove the binding molecules thus allowing clean metal/oxide materials to be obtained, which is of great importance in the preparation of supported nanocrystals for heterogeneous catalysis.
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- Kun-Che Kao
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94304, USA
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Kao K, Yang A, Huang W, Zhou C, Goodman ED, Holm A, Frank CW, Cargnello M. A General Approach for Monolayer Adsorption of High Weight Loadings of Uniform Nanocrystals on Oxide Supports. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202017238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Kun‐Che Kao
- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94304 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94304 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94304 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94304 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94304 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94304 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94304 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering Stanford University Stanford CA 94304 USA
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Bagiński M, Pedrazo-Tardajos A, Altantzis T, Tupikowska M, Vetter A, Tomczyk E, Suryadharma RN, Pawlak M, Andruszkiewicz A, Górecka E, Pociecha D, Rockstuhl C, Bals S, Lewandowski W. Understanding and Controlling the Crystallization Process in Reconfigurable Plasmonic Superlattices. ACS NANO 2021; 15:4916-4926. [PMID: 33621046 PMCID: PMC8028333 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c09746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The crystallization of nanomaterials is a primary source of solid-state, photonic structures. Thus, a detailed understanding of this process is of paramount importance for the successful application of photonic nanomaterials in emerging optoelectronic technologies. While colloidal crystallization has been thoroughly studied, for example, with advanced in situ electron microscopy methods, the noncolloidal crystallization (freezing) of nanoparticles (NPs) remains so far unexplored. To fill this gap, in this work, we present proof-of-principle experiments decoding a crystallization of reconfigurable assemblies of NPs at a solid state. The chosen material corresponds to an excellent testing bed, as it enables both in situ and ex situ investigation using X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and optical spectroscopy in visible and ultraviolet range (UV-vis) techniques. In particular, ensemble measurements with small-angle XRD highlighted the dependence of the correlation length in the NPs assemblies on the number of heating/cooling cycles and the rate of cooling. Ex situ TEM imaging further supported these results by revealing a dependence of domain size and structure on the sample preparation route and by showing we can control the domain size over 2 orders of magnitude. The application of HAADF-STEM tomography, combined with in situ thermal control, provided three-dimensional single-particle level information on the positional order evolution within assemblies. This combination of real and reciprocal space provides insightful information on the anisotropic, reversibly reconfigurable assemblies of NPs. TEM measurements also highlighted the importance of interfaces in the polydomain structure of nanoparticle solids, allowing us to understand experimentally observed differences in UV-vis extinction spectra of the differently prepared crystallites. Overall, the obtained results show that the combination of in situ heating HAADF-STEM tomography with XRD and ex situ TEM techniques is a powerful approach to study nanoparticle freezing processes and to reveal the crucial impact of disorder in the solid-state aggregates of NPs on their plasmonic properties.
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- Maciej Bagiński
- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, 1 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Research, University
of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan, 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Research, University
of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan, 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, 1 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute
of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, 1 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute
of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, 1 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, 1 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
- Department
of Chemistry, Uppsala Universitet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, 1 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, 1 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute
of Theoretical Solid State Physics, Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
- Institute
of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Electron
Microscopy for Materials Research, University
of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan, 171, 2020 Antwerp, Belgium
- (S.B.)
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, 1 Pasteura St., 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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Mabrouk M, Das DB, Salem ZA, Beherei HH. Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications: Production, Characterisations, Recent Trends and Difficulties. Molecules 2021; 26:1077. [PMID: 33670668 PMCID: PMC7922738 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26041077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Designing of nanomaterials has now become a top-priority research goal with a view to developing specific applications in the biomedical fields. In fact, the recent trends in the literature show that there is a lack of in-depth reviews that specifically highlight the current knowledge based on the design and production of nanomaterials. Considerations of size, shape, surface charge and microstructures are important factors in this regard as they affect the performance of nanoparticles (NPs). These parameters are also found to be dependent on their synthesis methods. The characterisation techniques that have been used for the investigation of these nanomaterials are relatively different in their concepts, sample preparation methods and obtained results. Consequently, this review article aims to carry out an in-depth discussion on the recent trends on nanomaterials for biomedical engineering, with a particular emphasis on the choices of the nanomaterials, preparation methods/instruments and characterisations techniques used for designing of nanomaterials. Key applications of these nanomaterials, such as tissue regeneration, medication delivery and wound healing, are also discussed briefly. Covering this knowledge gap will result in a better understanding of the role of nanomaterial design and subsequent larger-scale applications in terms of both its potential and difficulties.
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- Mostafa Mabrouk
- Refractories, Ceramics and Building Materials Department, National Research Centre, 33El Bohouth St (former EL Tahrir St), Dokki, Giza P.O. 12622, Egypt;
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE113TU, Leicestershire, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE113TU, Leicestershire, UK
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- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Giza P.O. 12613, Egypt;
- Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Ahram Canadian University, 6 October City P.O. 12573, Egypt
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- Refractories, Ceramics and Building Materials Department, National Research Centre, 33El Bohouth St (former EL Tahrir St), Dokki, Giza P.O. 12622, Egypt;
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Gu J, Zhang R, Zhang L, Lin J. Epitaxial Assembly of Nanoparticles in a Diblock Copolymer Matrix: Precise Organization of Individual Nanoparticles into Regular Arrays. Macromolecules 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.1c00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Jiabin Gu
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Polymeric Materials, Key Laboratory for Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Nozdriukhin D, Besedina N, Chernyshev V, Efimova O, Rudakovskaya P, Novoselova M, Bratashov D, Chuprov-Netochin R, Kamyshinsky R, Vasiliev A, Chermoshentsev D, Dyakov SA, Zharov V, Gippius N, Gorin DA, Yashchenok A. Gold nanoparticle-carbon nanotube multilayers on silica microspheres: Optoacoustic-Raman enhancement and potential biomedical applications. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2021; 120:111736. [PMID: 33545879 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2020.111736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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There has been growing interest in recent years in developing multifunctional materials for studying the structure interface in biological systems. In this regard, the multimodal systems, which possess activity in the near-infrared (NIR) region, become even more critical for the possibility of improving examined biotissue depth and, eventually, data analysis. Herein, we engineered bi-modal contrast agents by integrating carbon nanotubes (CNT) and gold nanoparticles (AuNP) around silica microspheres using the Layer-by-Layer self-assembly method. The experimental studies revealed that microspheres with CNT sandwiched between AuNP exhibit strong absorption in the visible and NIR regions and high optoacoustic contrast (OA, also called photoacoustics) and Raman scattering when illuminated with 532 nm and 785 nm lasers, respectively. The developed microspheres demonstrated amplification of the signal in the OA flow cytometry at the laser wavelength of 1064 nm. This finding was further validated with ex vivo brain tissue using a portable Raman spectrometer and imaging with the Raster-scanning OA mesoscopy technique. The obtained data suggest that the developed contrast agents can be promising in applications of localization OA tomography (LOT), OA flow cytometry, and multiplex SERS detection.
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- Daniil Nozdriukhin
- Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia; Nanobiotech Lab, Alferov University, 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia.
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- Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Neuroscience and Brain Restoration, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- MIPT Life Sciences Center, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute', Akademika Kurchatova pl., 1, 123182, Moscow, Russia; Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre 'Crystallography and Photonics' of Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy prospect, 59, 119333 Moscow, Russia; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- National Research Center 'Kurchatov Institute', Akademika Kurchatova pl., 1, 123182, Moscow, Russia; Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre 'Crystallography and Photonics' of Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy prospect, 59, 119333 Moscow, Russia; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141701 Dolgoprudny, Russia
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- Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia; Phystech School of Fundamental and Applied Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141700 Dolgoprudny, Russia; Quantum Optics Group, Russian Quantum Center, 143025 Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, AR 72205, Little Rock, USA
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- Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Photonics and Quantum Materials, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 121205 Moscow, Russia.
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Fu Q, Li Z, Fu F, Chen X, Song J, Yang H. Stimuli-Responsive Plasmonic Assemblies and Their Biomedical Applications. NANO TODAY 2021; 36:101014. [PMID: 33250931 PMCID: PMC7687854 DOI: 10.1016/j.nantod.2020.101014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Among the diverse development of stimuli-responsive assemblies, plasmonic nanoparticle (NP) assemblies functionalized with responsive molecules are of a major interest. In this review, we outline a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of recently reported studies on in vitro and in vivo assembly/disassembly and biomedical applications of plasmonic NPs, wherein stimuli such as enzymes, light, pH, redox potential, temperature, metal ions, magnetic or electric field, and/or multi-stimuli were involved. Stimuli-responsive assemblies have been applied in various biomedical fields including biosensors, surfaced-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), photoacoustic (PA) imaging, multimodal imaging, photo-activated therapy, enhanced X-ray therapy, drug release, stimuli-responsive aggregation-induced cancer therapy, and so on. The perspectives on the use of stimuli-responsive plasmonic assemblies are discussed by addressing future scientific challenges involving assembly/disassembly strategies and applications.
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- Qinrui Fu
- MOE key laboratory for analytical science of food safety and biology, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- MOE key laboratory for analytical science of food safety and biology, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- MOE key laboratory for analytical science of food safety and biology, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Imaging and Nanomedicine (LOMIN), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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- MOE key laboratory for analytical science of food safety and biology, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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- MOE key laboratory for analytical science of food safety and biology, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
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Wu XX, Jiang WY, Wang XF, Zhao LY, Shi J, Zhang S, Sui X, Chen ZX, Du WN, Shi JW, Liu Q, Zhang Q, Zhang Y, Liu XF. Inch-Scale Ball-in-Bowl Plasmonic Nanostructure Arrays for Polarization-Independent Second-Harmonic Generation. ACS NANO 2021; 15:1291-1300. [PMID: 33373181 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c08498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Second-harmonic generation (SHG) in plasmonic nanostructures has been investigated for decades due to their wide applications in photonic circuit, quantum optics and biosensing. Development of large-scale, uniform, and efficient plasmonic nanostructure system with tunable modes is desirable for their feasible utilizations. Herein, we design an efficient inch-scale SHG source by a solution-processed method instead of traditional high-cost processes. By assembling the gold nanoparticles with the porous anodic alumina templates, multiresonance in both visible and near-infrared regions can be achieved in hexagonal plasmonic nanostructure arrays, which provide strong electric field enhancement at the gap region. Polarization-independence SHG radiation has been realized owing to the in-plane isotropic characteristic of assembled unit. The tilt-angle dependent and angle-resolved measurement showed that wide-angle nonlinear response is achieved in our device because of the gap geometry of ball-in-bowl nanostructure with nonlinear emission electric dipoles distributed on the concave surface, which makes it competitive in practical applications. Our progress not only makes it possible to produce uniform inch-scale nonlinear arrays through low-cost solution process; and also advances the understanding of the SHG radiation in plasmonic nanostructures.
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- Xian-Xin Wu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China
- Research Center for Wide Band Semiconductor, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China
- Research Center for Wide Band Semiconductor, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanosystem and Hierarchical Fabrication, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P.R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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Bélanger-Bouliga M, Mahious R, Pitroipa PI, Nazemi A. Perylene diimide-tagged N-heterocyclic carbene-stabilized gold nanoparticles: How much ligand desorbs from surface in presence of thiols? Dalton Trans 2021; 50:5598-5606. [PMID: 33908977 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt00064k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have recently emerged as viable alternatives to commonly used thiols to stabilize a variety of metal surfaces and nanoparticles. In this context, thanks to their biocompatibility and novel optical properties, NHC-stabilized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been extensively studied. It has been shown that such materials exhibit improved stabilities in acidic and basic solutions, high temperatures, electrolyte solutions, cell culture media, and to some extent to nucleophilic thiols. Despite intense efforts, instability of NHC-functionalized AuNPs to thiols has been an ongoing challenge. In order to circumvent this problem, quantification of NHC desorption from nanoparticle surface by the invading thiols would constitute a necessary first step. To do this, we have first developed water-soluble azide decorated NHC-stabilized "clickable" AuNPs. Optically active perylene diimide (PDI)-tagged AuNP hybrids are then obtained by means of Cu-catalyzed alkyne-azide cycloaddition between these AuNPs and an alkyne-decorated PDI derivative. Investigation of photophysical properties of these AuNP/PDI hybrids revealed that the fluorescence of PDI molecules is effectively quenched by AuNPs in aqueous solution. The extent of NHC desorption from AuNP surface in presence of glutathione (4 mM), as a biologically relevant thiol, is then quantified by means of fluorescence emission restoration of PDI molecules upon detachment from AuNP surfaces. Our results demonstrate that while ∼20% of surface NHCs are displaced by glutathione within the first 24 h of their exposure to the thiol, ligand desorption reaches ∼45% after one week. We believe that these findings will provide more insight on true stability of NHC-stabilized materials.
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- Marilyne Bélanger-Bouliga
- Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P.8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P.8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P.8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P.8888, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.
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Chen C, Zheng S, Song H. Photon management to reduce energy loss in perovskite solar cells. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:7250-7329. [PMID: 33977928 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01488e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Despite the rapid development of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) over the past few years, the conversion of solar energy into electricity is not efficient enough or cost-competitive yet. The principal energy loss in the conversion of solar energy to electricity fundamentally originates from the non-absorption of low-energy photons ascribed to Shockley-Queisser limits and thermalization losses of high-energy photons. Enhancing the light-harvesting efficiency of the perovskite photoactive layer by developing efficient photo management strategies with functional materials and arrays remains a long-standing challenge. Here, we briefly review the historical research trials and future research trends to overcome the fundamental loss mechanisms in PSCs, including upconversion, downconversion, scattering, tandem/graded structures, texturing, anti-reflection, and luminescent solar concentrators. We will deeply emphasize the availability and analyze the importance of a fine device structure, fluorescence efficiency, material proportion, and integration position for performance improvement. The unique energy level structure arising from the 4fn inner shell configuration of the trivalent rare-earth ions gives multifarious options for efficient light-harvesting by upconversion and downconversion. Tandem or graded PSCs by combining a series of subcells with varying bandgaps seek to rectify the spectral mismatch. Plasmonic nanostructures function as a secondary light source to augment the light-trapping within the perovskite layer and carrier transporting layer, enabling enhanced carrier generation. Texturing the interior using controllable micro/nanoarrays can realize light-matter interactions. Anti-reflective coatings on the top glass cover of the PSCs bring about better transmission and glare reduction. Photon concentration through perovskite-based luminescent solar concentrators offers a path to increase efficiency at reduced cost and plays a role in building-integrated photovoltaics. Distinct from other published reviews, we here systematically and hierarchically present all of the photon management strategies in PSCs by presenting the theoretical possibilities and summarizing the experimental results, expecting to inspire future research in the field of photovoltaics, phototransistors, photoelectrochemical sensors, photocatalysis, and especially light-emitting diodes. We further assess the overall possibilities of the strategies based on ultimate efficiency prospects, material requirements, and developmental outlook.
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- Cong Chen
- School of Material Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, Hebei University of Technology, Dingzigu Road 1, Tianjin 300130, People's Republic of China. and State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Material Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Reliability and Intelligence of Electrical Equipment, Hebei University of Technology, Dingzigu Road 1, Tianjin 300130, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012, People's Republic of China.
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Schmarsow RN, dell'Erba IE, Villaola MS, Hoppe CE, Zucchi IA, Schroeder WF. Effect of Light Intensity on the Aggregation Behavior of Primary Particles during In Situ Photochemical Synthesis of Gold/Polymer Nanocomposites. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:13759-13768. [PMID: 33174755 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Metal/polymer nanocomposites have attracted much attention in recent years due to their exceptional properties and wide range of potential applications. A key challenge to obtain these materials is to stabilize the metal nanoparticles in the matrix, avoiding uncontrolled aggregation processes driven by the high surface free energy of nanosized particles. Here, we investigate the aggregation mechanism of primary particles in gold-epoxy nanocomposites prepared via light-assisted in situ synthesis, under different irradiation conditions. The growth and aggregation of gold nanoparticles were monitored in situ by time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering experiments, whereas spectroscopic measurements were performed to interpret how matrix polymerization influences the aggregation process. It was found that light intensity has a greater influence on the reduction rate than on the polymerization rate. Under irradiation, gold nanostructures evolve through five time-defined stages: nuclei-mass fractals-surface fractals-spherical nanoparticles-aggregates. If the maximum in the polymerization rate is reached before the aggregation step, individual primary nanoparticles will be preserved in the polymer matrix due to diffusional constraints imposed by the reaction medium. Because the light intensity has a different influence on the reduction rate than on the polymerization rate, this parameter can be used as a versatile tool to avoid aggregation of gold nanoparticles into the polymer matrix.
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- Ruth N Schmarsow
- Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), University of Mar del Plata and National Research Council (CONICET), Juan B. Justo 4302, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), University of Mar del Plata and National Research Council (CONICET), Juan B. Justo 4302, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), University of Mar del Plata and National Research Council (CONICET), Juan B. Justo 4302, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), University of Mar del Plata and National Research Council (CONICET), Juan B. Justo 4302, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), University of Mar del Plata and National Research Council (CONICET), Juan B. Justo 4302, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), University of Mar del Plata and National Research Council (CONICET), Juan B. Justo 4302, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina
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Zhou T, Li Q, Chen Y, Jiang X. Ligand-regulated self-assembly of luminescent Au nanoparticles towards diverse controllable superstructures. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:14023-14026. [PMID: 33099586 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc05732k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Only using one type of amphiphilic block copolymers as a template, we present a facile and robust approach to in situ fabricate a series of brightly emitting Au nano-assemblies with high controllability and tunability. Simply by altering thiol ligands, the Au nano-assemblies display diverse superstructures including fibers, vesicles, and honeycombs.
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- Tingyao Zhou
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen 518055, China.
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Szustakiewicz P, Kowalska N, Grzelak D, Narushima T, Góra M, Bagiński M, Pociecha D, Okamoto H, Liz-Marzán LM, Lewandowski W. Supramolecular Chirality Synchronization in Thin Films of Plasmonic Nanocomposites. ACS NANO 2020; 14:12918-12928. [PMID: 32886482 PMCID: PMC7596782 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Mirror symmetry breaking in materials is a fascinating phenomenon that has practical implications for various optoelectronic technologies. Chiral plasmonic materials are particularly appealing due to their strong and specific interactions with light. In this work we broaden the portfolio of available strategies toward the preparation of chiral plasmonic assemblies, by applying the principles of chirality synchronization-a phenomenon known for small molecules, which results in the formation of chiral domains from transiently chiral molecules. We report the controlled cocrystallization of 23 nm gold nanoparticles and liquid crystal molecules yielding domains made of highly ordered, helical nanofibers, preferentially twisted to the right or to the left within each domain. We confirmed that such micrometer sized domains exhibit strong, far-field circular dichroism (CD) signals, even though the bulk material is racemic. We further highlight the potential of the proposed approach to realize chiral plasmonic thin films by using a mechanical chirality discrimination method. Toward this end, we developed a rapid CD imaging technique based on the use of polarized light optical microscopy (POM), which enabled probing the CD signal with micrometer-scale resolution, despite of linear dichroism and birefringence in the sample. The developed methodology allows us to extend intrinsically local effects of chiral synchronization to the macroscopic scale, thereby broadening the available tools for chirality manipulation in chiral plasmonic systems.
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- Piotr Szustakiewicz
- Laboratory
of Organic Nanomaterials and Biomolecules, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1 Street, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory
of Organic Nanomaterials and Biomolecules, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1 Street, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory
of Organic Nanomaterials and Biomolecules, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1 Street, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute
for Molecular Science (IMS) and The Graduate University for Advanced
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Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- Laboratory
of Organic Nanomaterials and Biomolecules, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1 Street, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory
of Organic Nanomaterials and Biomolecules, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1 Street, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, 101 Żwirki i Wigury, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute
for Molecular Science (IMS) and The Graduate University for Advanced
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Nishigonaka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- CIC
biomaGUNE, Basque Research and Technology
Alliance (BRTA), Paseo
de Miramón 182, Donostia-San Sebastián 20014, Spain
- Ikerbasque,
Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
- Centro
de Investigación en Biomédica Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Paseo de Miramón 182, Donostia-San Sebastián 20014, Spain
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- Laboratory
of Organic Nanomaterials and Biomolecules, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1 Street, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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Li Z, Wang W, Yin Y. Colloidal Assembly and Active Tuning of Coupled Plasmonic Nanospheres. TRENDS IN CHEMISTRY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trechm.2020.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Peng T, Li X, Li K, Nie Z, Tan W. DNA-Modulated Plasmon Resonance: Methods and Optical Applications. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:14741-14760. [PMID: 32154704 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b23608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The near-field effects in the vicinity of metallic nanoparticle surfaces, as induced by electromagnetic radiation with specific wavelength, give rise to a variety of novel optical properties and attractive applications because of surface plasmons, which are the coherent oscillations of conduction electrons on a metal surface. The interdisciplinary field of plasmonics has witnessed vigorous growth, promoting research on the modulation of plasmon resonance by constructing advanced plasmonic nanoarchitectures with controllable size, morphology, or interparticle coupling. Among diversified tools, deoxyribonucleic nucleic acid (DNA) possesses prominent superiority as a result of its designability, programmability, addressability, and ease of nanomaterial modification. In this review, we focus on the methods and optical applications of plasmon resonance modulation accomplished by DNA nanotechnology. Recent developments in the construction of DNA-mediated plasmonic nanoarchitecture and key ongoing research directions utilizing unique optical features are highlighted. Obstacles and challenges in this field are pointed out, followed by preliminary suggestions on some areas of opportunity that deserve attention.
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- Tianhuan Peng
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemical Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
- Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P. R. China
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Gao HM, Li B, Zhang R, Sun ZY, Lu ZY. Free energy for inclusion of nanoparticles in solvated polymer brushes from molecular dynamics simulations. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:094905. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0002257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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- Hui-Min Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China
- School of Mathematics, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, USA
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- School of Mathematics, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
- Xinjiang Laboratory of Phase Transitions and Microstructures in Condensed Matters, College of Physical Science and Technology, Yili Normal University, Yining 835000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China
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Wang J, Lee BHJ, Arya G. Kinetically assembled binary nanoparticle networks. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:5091-5102. [PMID: 32068755 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr09900j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Embedding percolating networks of nanoparticles (NPs) within polymers is a promising approach for mechanically reinforcing polymers and for introducing novel electronic, transport, and catalytic properties into otherwise inert polymers. While such networks may be obtained through kinetic assembly of unary system of NPs, the ensuing structures exhibit limited morphologies. Here, we investigate the possibility of increasing the diversity of NP networks through kinetic assembly of multiple species of NPs. Using lattice Monte Carlo simulations we show that networks obtained from co-assembly of two NP species of different sizes exhibit significantly more diverse morphology than those assembled from a single species. In particular, we achieved considerable variations in the particle spatial distribution, proportions of intra- and interspecies contacts, fractal dimension, and pore sizes of the networks by simply modulating the stoichiometry of the two species and their intra and inter-species affinities. We classified these distinct morphologies into "integrated", "coated", "leaved", and "blocked" phases, and provide relevant phase diagrams for achieving them. Our findings are relevant to controlled and predictable assembly of particle networks for creating multifunctional composites with improved properties.
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- Jiuling Wang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.
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Depciuch J, Stec M, Kandler M, Baran J, Parlinska-Wojtan M. From spherical to bone-shaped gold nanoparticles-Time factor in the formation of Au NPs, their optical and photothermal properties. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2020; 30:101670. [PMID: 31988022 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.101670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 01/01/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Using the same synthesis method, which was stopped at different time intervals, gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) with different shapes, from spherical to bone-shaped, were obtained. The physical properties of the synthesized Au NPs were investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) combined with selected area electron diffraction patterns (SAED) and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis). The TEM images showed, that stopping the synthesis after one minute lead to the formation of small spherical Au NPs, which evolved to the cubic shape, rods and bone-shaped Au NPs after 15 min, 30 min, 2 h, respectively. SAED patterns showed, that all the obtained Au NPs were crystalline. UV-vis spectra revealed, that the light absorbance depends on the shape of the Au NPs. Moreover, the effects of the time factor in the formation of Au NPs on the effective conversion of electromagnetic energy into thermal energy, was studied. Furthermore, simulated photothermal therapy (PTT) in combination with the obtained NPs, was done for two cancer cell lines SW480 and SW620. The mortality of cells after using the differently shaped Au NPs as photosensitizers is between 18 % and 52 % and increases with the decrease of the synthesis time.
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- J Depciuch
- Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31-342, Krakow, Poland.
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, PL-30-663, Krakow, Poland.
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rzeszow, College of Natural Sciences, PL-35959, Rzeszow, Poland.
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Institute of Pediatrics, Jagiellonian University Medical College, PL-30-663, Krakow, Poland.
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-31-342, Krakow, Poland.
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Nadal E, Barros N, Peres L, Goetz V, Respaud M, Soulantica K, Kachachi H. In situ synthesis of gold nanoparticles in polymer films under concentrated sunlight: control of nanoparticle size and shape with solar flux. REACT CHEM ENG 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9re00439d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We proposed a one step, green and efficient approach to synthesize plasmonic nanocomposites over large surfaces and with controlled morphologies.
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- E. Nadal
- University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)
- 66100 Perpignan
- France
- CNRS
- PROMES (UPR 8521)
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- University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)
- 66100 Perpignan
- France
- CNRS
- PROMES (UPR 8521)
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- CNRS
- LCC
- Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination
- F-31077 Toulouse
- France
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- CNRS
- PROMES (UPR 8521)
- Laboratory of Processes
- Materials and Solar Energy
- Perpignan
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- LPCNO
- CNRS
- INSA
- Université de Toulouse III
- 31077 Toulouse
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- LPCNO
- CNRS
- INSA
- Université de Toulouse III
- 31077 Toulouse
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- University of Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)
- 66100 Perpignan
- France
- CNRS
- PROMES (UPR 8521)
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Yi C, Yang Y, Liu B, He J, Nie Z. Polymer-guided assembly of inorganic nanoparticles. Chem Soc Rev 2019; 49:465-508. [PMID: 31845685 DOI: 10.1039/c9cs00725c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
The self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles is of great importance in realizing their enormous potentials for broad applications due to the advanced collective properties of nanoparticle ensembles. Various molecular ligands (e.g., small molecules, DNAs, proteins, and polymers) have been used to assist the organization of inorganic nanoparticles into functional structures at different hierarchical levels. Among others, polymers are particularly attractive for use in nanoparticle assembly, because of the complex architectures and rich functionalities of assembled structures enabled by polymers. Polymer-guided assembly of nanoparticles has emerged as a powerful route to fabricate functional materials with desired mechanical, optical, electronic or magnetic properties for a broad range of applications such as sensing, nanomedicine, catalysis, energy storage/conversion, data storage, electronics and photonics. In this review article, we summarize recent advances in the polymer-guided self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles in both bulk thin films and solution, with an emphasis on the role of polymers in the assembly process and functions of resulting nanostructures. Precise control over the location/arrangement, interparticle interaction, and packing of inorganic nanoparticles at various scales are highlighted.
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- Chenglin Yi
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Power Batteries, Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China and Department of Chemistry and Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200438, P. R. China.
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