Spontaneous Organization of Individual Silver Nanoparticles into One‐Dimensionally Ordered Nanostructures

Abstract

Stretching shapes structures: The interaction between poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) and sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS) can make the PVP coil polyvinyl skeleton stretch to a considerable degree. Silver nanoparticles produced by photoreduction are anchored onto the backbone of PVP (see graphic); they then spontaneously organize into one-dimensionally ordered nanoaggregates along the stretched PVP chain.