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Inside Cover: Rings of Nanorods (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 13/2007)
Article first published online: 9 MAR 2007
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200790046
Copyright © 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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How to Cite
Khanal, Bishnu P. and Zubarev, Eugene R. (2007), Inside Cover: Rings of Nanorods (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 13/2007). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 46: 2124. doi: 10.1002/anie.200790046
Publication History
- Issue published online: 9 MAR 2007
- Article first published online: 9 MAR 2007
- Abstract
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Keywords:
- electron microscopy;
- gold;
- nanostructures;
- organic–inorganic hybrid composites;
- self-assembly
Rodlike nanocrystals typically pack in a parallel fashion as dictated by their anisometric shape and stiffness. In their Communication on page 2195 ff., E. R. Zubarev and B. P. Khanal report the spontaneous self-organization of polymer-coated metallic nanorods into circular arrays (see picture). These superstructures—“rings of nanorods”—are templated by water microdroplets that condense on the surface of nonpolar organic solvents and can be produced in near-quantitative yield in a matter of seconds.