Electrical property and water repellency of a networked monolayer film prepared from Au nanoparticles

Hiroshi Shiigi, Yojiro Yamamoto, Hidetaka Yakabe, Shiho Tokonami, Tsutomu Nagaoka

Chemical Communications · 2003 · 40 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Gold nanoparticles, modified with alkyl thiol, formed a film on polystyrene substrate, and it was found that the deposited film drastically changes its conductivity and hydrophobicity, depending on the alkyl chain length of the thiol used.

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