Atomically Precise Nanocluster Assemblies Encapsulating Plasmonic Gold Nanorods

Amrita Chakraborty; Ann Candice Fernandez; Anirban Som; Biswajit Mondal; Ganapati Natarajan; Ganesan Paramasivam; Tanja Lahtinen; Hannu Häkkinen; Nonappa Nonappa; Thalappil Pradeep

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Atomically Precise Nanocluster Assemblies Encapsulating Plasmonic Gold Nanorods

Amrita Chakraborty, Ann Candice Fernandez, Anirban Som, Biswajit Mondal, Ganapati Natarajan, Ganesan Paramasivam, Tanja Lahtinen, Hannu Häkkinen, Nonappa, Thalappil Pradeep

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The self-assembled structures of atomically precise, ligand-protected noble metal nanoclusters leading to encapsulation of plasmonic gold nanorods (GNRs) is presented. Unlike highly sophisticated DNA nanotechnology, this strategically simple hydrogen bonding-directed self-assembly of nanoclusters leads to octahedral nanocrystals encapsulating GNRs. Specifically, the p-mercaptobenzoic acid (pMBA)-protected atomically precise silver nanocluster, Na₄[Ag₄₄(pMBA)₃₀], and pMBA-functionalized GNRs were used. High-resolution transmission and scanning transmission electron tomographic reconstructions suggest that the geometry of the GNR surface is responsible for directing the assembly of silver nanoclusters via H-bonding, leading to octahedral symmetry. The use of water-dispersible gold nanoclusters, Au_≈250(pMBA)_n and Au₁₀₂(pMBA)₄₄, also formed layered shells encapsulating GNRs. Such cluster assemblies on colloidal particles are a new category of precision hybrids with diverse possibilities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6522-6526
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	57
Issue number	22
Early online date	1 Jan 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201802420
Publication status	Published - May 2018
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Atomically precise nanoclusters
Hydrogen bonding
Plasmonic gold nanorods
Self-assembly
Supramolecular chemistry

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