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Synthesis and Characterization of Janus Gold Nanoparticles

  1. Hyewon Kim2,
  2. Randy P. Carney1,
  3. Javier Reguera1,
  4. Quy K. Ong1,
  5. Xiang Liu1,
  6. Francesco Stellacci1,*

Article first published online: 10 MAY 2012

DOI: 10.1002/adma.201200926

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Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Special Issue: Materials for Drug Delivery: Innovative Solutions to Address Complex Biological Hurdles

Volume 24, Issue 28, pages 3857–3863, July 24, 2012

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Kim, H., Carney, R. P., Reguera, J., Ong, Q. K., Liu, X. and Stellacci, F. (2012), Synthesis and Characterization of Janus Gold Nanoparticles. Adv. Mater., 24: 3857–3863. doi: 10.1002/adma.201200926

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-STI-IMX-SuNMIL, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland

  2. 2

    Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

*Institute of Materials, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL-STI-IMX-SuNMIL, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 JUL 2012
  2. Article first published online: 10 MAY 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 5 MAR 2012

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Keywords:

  • patchy particles;
  • janus gold nanoparticles;
  • ligand morphology;
  • phase separation
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When gold nanoparticles are coated with binary mixtures of dislike ligand molecules, separation in the ligand shell occurs; if the particles are smaller than a threshold size the separation is solely enthalpy driven leading to the spontaneous formation of Janus particles.

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