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Multilayered Polymer Nanocapsules Derived from Gold Nanoparticle Templates
Author(s) -
Gittins D. I.,
Caruso F.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4095(200012)12:24<1947::aid-adma1947>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - nanocapsules , polyelectrolyte , materials science , colloidal gold , nanoparticle , polymer , nanotechnology , template , dissolution , adsorption , cyanide , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , composite material , chemistry , engineering , metallurgy
Multilayered polymer nanocapsules have been fabricated via the sequential adsorption of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes onto gold nanoparticles followed by dissolution of the gold core in cyanide solution. The Figure shows a gold nanoparticle coated with eight polyelectrolyte layers.