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Gold Nanoparticles: Controlled Assembly of Biocompatible Metallic Nanoaggregates Using a Small Molecule Crosslinker (Adv. Mater. 35/2015)
Author(s) -
Van Haute Desiree,
Longmate Julia M.,
Berlin Jacob M.
Publication year - 2015
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/adma.201570236
Subject(s) - materials science , biocompatible material , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , colloidal gold , molecule , metal , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , biomedical engineering , metallurgy , medicine , chemistry , engineering
Nanoparticle assembly is of importance for applications ranging from medical diagnostics to solar panels. On page 5158, J. M. Berlin and co‐workers report that the use of a small molecule crosslinker allows for control of metallic nanoparticle assembly in a fashion analogous to polymerization reactions. The size of the assembled aggregates can be tuned, and they are highly homogeneous, stable, and biocompatible.