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Robertson EJ, Tran Minh C. Tuning the Packing Density of Gold Nanoparticles in Peptoid Nanosheets Prepared at the Oil-Water Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:13206-13216. [PMID: 36257063 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) arrays of gold nanoparticles that can freely float in water are promising materials for solution-based plasmonic applications like sensing. To be effective sensors, it is critical to control the interparticle gap distance and thus the plasmonic properties of the 2D arrays. Here, we demonstrate excellent control over the interparticle gap distance in a family of freely floating gold nanoparticle-embedded peptoid nanosheets. Nanosheets are made via monolayer assembly and collapse at the oil-water interface, allowing for fine control over the solution nanoparticle concentration during assembly. We used surface pressure measurements to monitor the assembly of the peptoid, nanoparticle, and combined system at the oil-water interface to determine a workable range of nanosheet assembly conditions suitable for controlling the interparticle gap distances within the nanosheets. These measurements revealed that the extent of nanoparticle adsorption to the peptoid monolayer can be tuned by varying the bulk nanoparticle concentration, but the ability for the monolayer to collapse into nanosheets is compromised at high nanoparticle concentrations. Peptoid nanosheets were synthesized with varying bulk nanoparticle concentrations and analyzed using light microscopy and UV-visible spectroscopy. Based on the spectral shift of the localized surface plasmon resonance peaks for the nanoparticles in the nanosheets relative to those well dispersed in toluene, we estimate that we can access interparticle gap distances within the nanosheet interior between 2.9 ± 0.5 and 9 ± 2 nm. Our results suggest that the minimum interparticle distance achievable by this method is limited by the nanoparticle ligand length, and so has the potential to be further tuned by varying the ligand chemical structure. The ability to quantitatively control and monitor the assembly conditions by this method provide an opportunity to readily tune the optoelectronic properties of this new class of 2D nanomaterial, making it a promising platform for plasmonic-based sensing applications.
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- Ellen J Robertson
- Chemistry Department, Union College, 807 Union St., Schenectady, New York12308, United States
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- Chemistry Department, Union College, 807 Union St., Schenectady, New York12308, United States
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Robertson EJ, Avanessian C, Davis JR, Mahony AK, Whitney EV. Synthesis and characterization of plasmonic peptoid nanosheets. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:2748-2751. [PMID: 33596289 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc00092f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Solvated two-dimensional (2D) arrays of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are versatile plasmonic materials that are not limited by the constraints of a solid support. We report here the assembly of AuNP-embedded peptoid nanosheets via monolayer collapse at the liquid-liquid interface. This synthesis route produces a new class of solvated 2D plasmonic arrays and has the potential to be extended to a variety of different nanoparticle systems.
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- Union College, 807 Union St., Schenectady, New York 12308, USA.
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- Union College, 807 Union St., Schenectady, New York 12308, USA.
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Liu Y, Fan B, Shi Q, Dong D, Gong S, Zhu B, Fu R, Thang SH, Cheng W. Covalent-Cross-Linked Plasmene Nanosheets. ACS NANO 2019; 13:6760-6769. [PMID: 31145851 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b01343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Thiol-polystyrene (SH-PS)-capped plasmonic nanoparticles can be fabricated into free-standing, one-nanoparticle-thick superlattice sheets (termed plasmene) based on physical entanglement between ligands, which, however, suffer from irreversible dissociation in organic solvents. To address this issue, we introduce coumarin-based photo-cross-linkable moieties to the SH-PS ligands to stabilize gold nanoparticles. Once cross-linked, the obtained plasmene nanosheets consisting of chemically locked nanoparticles can well maintain structural integrity in organic solvents. Particularly, arising from ligand-swelling-induced enlargement of the interparticle spacing, these plasmene nanosheets show significant optical responses to various solvents in a specific as well as reversible manner, which may offer an excellent material for solvent sensing and dynamic plasmonic display.
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- Yiyi Liu
- Department of Chemical Engineering , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
- The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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- School of Chemistry , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
- The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
- The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
- The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
- The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
- The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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- School of Chemistry , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Monash University , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
- The Melbourne Centre for Nanofabrication , Clayton , Victoria 3800 , Australia
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Raveendran A, Meli MV. Tunable Mechanical Properties of Nanoparticle Monolayer Membranes via Ligand Phase Control and Defect Distribution. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:4411-4416. [PMID: 31457732 PMCID: PMC6641765 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this study, the effects of ligand phase, morphology, and temperature on the elastic modulus of free-standing alkanethiol-capped gold nanoparticle membranes are reported. Langmuir films of 2.5 nm gold nanoparticles capped with tetradecanethiol were prepared at temperatures above and below the phase transition temperature (T m) of the ligand shell and transferred to holey carbon grids (containing 1.2 μm holes) to form free-standing membranes. Force-indentation measurements are used to measure the elastic modulus of the membranes using an atomic force microscope in the temperature range 10-40 °C. These films are compared with membranes of dodecanethiol-capped gold nanoparticles, which do not undergo a ligand order-disorder transition in the temperature range investigated. The ligand phase effect is observed in the tetradecanethiol-capped gold nanoparticle films, where an abrupt change in the elastic modulus is seen near T m. The temperature (relative to T m) during the fabrication of the films is determined to play an important role in tuning the mechanical strength of these films in this temperature range by both changing the nature of the interparticle interactions and by affecting microscale film morphology.
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Gauvin M, Grisolia J, Alnasser T, Viallet B, Xie S, Brugger J, Ressier L. Electro-mechanical sensing in freestanding monolayered gold nanoparticle membranes. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:11363-11370. [PMID: 27194578 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr02004f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The electro-mechanical sensing properties of freestanding monolayered membranes of dodecanethiol coated 7 nm gold nanoparticles (NPs) are investigated using AFM force spectroscopy and conductive AFM simultaneously. The electrical resistance of the NP membranes increases sensitively with the point-load force applied in the center of the membranes using an AFM tip. Numerical simulations of electronic conduction in a hexagonally close-packed two-dimensional (2D) array of NPs under point load-deformation are carried out on the basis of electronic transport measurements at low temperatures and strain modeling of the NP membranes by finite element analysis. These simulations, supporting AFM-based electro-mechanical measurements, attribute the high strain sensitivity of the monolayered NP membranes to the exponential dependence of the tunnel electron transport in 2D NP arrays on the strain-induced length variation of the interparticle junctions. This work thus evidences a new class of highly sensitive nano-electro-mechanical systems based on freestanding monolayered gold NP membranes.
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- M Gauvin
- Université de Toulouse, LPCNO, INSA-CNRS-UPS, 135 avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse 31077, France.
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- Université de Toulouse, LPCNO, INSA-CNRS-UPS, 135 avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse 31077, France.
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- Université de Toulouse, LPCNO, INSA-CNRS-UPS, 135 avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse 31077, France.
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- Université de Toulouse, LPCNO, INSA-CNRS-UPS, 135 avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse 31077, France.
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- Microsystems Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 17, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Microsystems Laboratory, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Station 17, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Université de Toulouse, LPCNO, INSA-CNRS-UPS, 135 avenue de Rangueil, Toulouse 31077, France.
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Li H, Luo H, Zhang Z, Li Y, Xiong B, Qiao C, Cao X, Wang T, He Y, Jing G. Direct observation of nanoparticle multiple-ring pattern formation during droplet evaporation with dark-field microscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:13018-25. [PMID: 27108655 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp00593d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Controllable protocols towards nanoparticle self-assembly are important for applications of functional nanomaterials. Evaporation is a simple yet effective method to realize a gold nanoparticle ordered self-assembly, but until now, little attention has been paid to viewing the corresponding assembly process. Herein, with the help of dark-field microscopy, we in situ monitored the whole dynamic process of gold nanorod (GNR) assembly as the solvent evaporated. Differently from the previous coffee-ring effect, rod-shaped hydrophilic GNRs, within certain concentrations, spontaneously assembled into a multiple-ring pattern on a hydrophobic substrate via droplet drying. The self-assembly mechanism is consistent with a diffusion-driven kinetics, and the influencing factors, including the GNR surface modification, the colloid concentration, the surface property of the substrate, and the shape of the nanoparticles, were systematically investigated.
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- Hui Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China.
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