Issue 16, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Organo-soluble photoresponsive azothiol monolayer-protected gold nanorods†

Jouliana M. El Khoury,a   Xiaoli Zhou,a   Liangti Qu,b   Liming Dai,b   Augustine Urbasc  and  Quan Li*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA
E-mail: quan@lci.kent.edu
Fax: +1 330-672-2796
Tel: +1 330-672-1537

b Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio 45469, USA

c Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory WPAFB, Ohio 45433, USA

Abstract

Organo-soluble photoresponsive azothiol monolayer-protected gold nanorods were synthesized; the resulting gold nanorods encapsulated by thiols on their entire surface with strong covalent Au–S linkages were very stable in both organic solvents and in the solid state without aggregation or decomposition.

Graphical abstract: Organo-soluble photoresponsive azothiol monolayer-protected gold nanorods

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B901826C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Jan 2009
Accepted
16 Feb 2009
First published
09 Mar 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 2109-2111

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Organo-soluble photoresponsive azothiol monolayer-protected gold nanorods

J. M. El Khoury, X. Zhou, L. Qu, L. Dai, A. Urbas and Q. Li, Chem. Commun., 2009, 2109 DOI: 10.1039/B901826C

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