The Design and Investigation of Room Temperature Thermotropic Nematic Gold Nanoparticles

Liliana Cseh, Georg H. Mehl

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2006 · 160 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

Nematic gold nanoparticles, covered with a monolayer of calamitic mesogens and short hydrocarbon chains, have been synthesized and investigated. The materials are chemically stable and exhibit nematic phase behavior at room temperature.

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