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Back Cover: Self‐Assembly of Vertically Aligned Gold Nanorod Arrays on Patterned Substrates (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 35/2012)
Author(s) -
Thai Thibaut,
Zheng Yuanhui,
Ng Soon Hock,
Mudie Stephen,
Altissimo Matteo,
Bach Udo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201205559
Subject(s) - nanorod , materials science , nanotechnology , hexagonal crystal system , nanolithography , self assembly , substrate (aquarium) , surface modification , particle (ecology) , optoelectronics , chemical engineering , chemistry , fabrication , crystallography , medicine , alternative medicine , oceanography , pathology , geology , engineering
The self‐assembly of gold nanorods into standing arrays was achieved with precise placement over large areas. In their Communication on page 8732 ff. , U. Bach et al. report on a nanofabrication process based on convective and capillary forces. The functionalization of the nanorods can be used to fine‐tune the interparticle and particle–substrate interaction energies, leading to high hexagonal close‐packed ordering.