Issue 10, 2002
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Liquid crystalline assemblies of ordered gold nanorods

Nikhil R. Jana,a   Latha A. Gearheart,a   Sherine O. Obare,a   Christopher J. Johnson,b   Karen J. Edler,c   Stephen Mann*b  and  Catherine J. Murphy*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
E-mail: murphy@mail.chem.sc.edu

b School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
E-mail: s.mann@bristol.ac.uk

c Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, UK

Abstract

Gold nanorods have been prepared in aqueous solution using a seed-mediated growth approach in the presence of surfactant. We observe the formation of liquid crystalline phases in concentrated solutions of high aspect ratio (13–18) gold nanorods by polarizing microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and small angle X-ray scattering. These phases, which are stable up to 200 °C, exhibit concentration-dependent orientational order.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B205225C
Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 May 2002
Accepted
07 Aug 2002
First published
03 Sep 2002

J. Mater. Chem., 2002,12, 2909-2912

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Liquid crystalline assemblies of ordered gold nanorods

N. R. Jana, L. A. Gearheart, S. O. Obare, C. J. Johnson, K. J. Edler, S. Mann and C. J. Murphy, J. Mater. Chem., 2002, 12, 2909 DOI: 10.1039/B205225C

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