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Autonomous Self-Assembly of Ionic Nanoparticles into Hexagonally Close-Packed Lattices at a Planar Oil–Water Interface

  1. Dr. Volodymyr Sashuk1,*,
  2. Prof. Robert Hołyst1,
  3. Dr. Tomasz Wojciechowski2,
  4. Prof. Ewa Górecka3,
  5. Prof. Marcin Fiałkowski1,*

Article first published online: 26 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/chem.201103272

Issue

Chemistry - A European Journal

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volume 18, Issue 8, pages 2235–2238, February 20, 2012

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Sashuk, V., Hołyst, R., Wojciechowski, T., Górecka, E. and Fiałkowski, M. (2012), Autonomous Self-Assembly of Ionic Nanoparticles into Hexagonally Close-Packed Lattices at a Planar Oil–Water Interface. Chem. Eur. J., 18: 2235–2238. doi: 10.1002/chem.201103272

Author Information

  1. 1

    Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw (Poland), Fax: (+48) 22-343-3333

  2. 2

    Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw (Poland)

  3. 3

    Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw (Poland)

*Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 01-224, Kasprzaka 44/52, Warsaw (Poland), Fax: (+48) 22-343-3333

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 10 FEB 2012
  2. Article first published online: 26 JAN 2012
  3. Manuscript Received: 17 OCT 2011

Funded by

  • Foundation for Polish Science Team Programme
  • European Regional Development Fund. Grant Number: TEAM/2010-6/4
  • Iuventus Plus. Grant Number: IP2010 036970

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Keywords:

  • colloids;
  • monolayers;
  • nanoparticles;
  • oil–water interface;
  • self-assembly
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Let's get charged! Positively charged nanoparticles (NPs) spontaneously self-assemble into hexagonally close-packed lattices at a planar CH2Cl2–water interface (see figure). The self-assembly process is fully autonomous and occurs without any external manipulation.

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