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Fabrication of Conductive Microcapsules via Self‐Assembly and Crosslinking of Gold Nanowires at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces

Debabrata Patra, Nikhil S. Malvankar, E. Chin, Mark Tuominen, Zhiyong Gu, Vincent M. Rotello

Small · 2010 · 21 citations · 42 references

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Terpyridine-functionalized Au nanowires (NWs) are self-assembled at an oil–water interface via metal-mediated crosslinking. The conductivity of these network structures is demonstrated by measuring the DC current of the NW emulsions.

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