Creating selective directional interactions with defects caused by subnanometre-ordered ligand domains on the surface of colloidal metal nanoparticles for the purpose of directed self-assembly

Introduction: The ability to utilize directional, specific bonds are a fundamental property of atoms which has allowed us to predictably create molecules of consistent geometry and composition for centuries. One fundamental difference between a true atom and a nanoparticle is that to date, nanoparticles do not possess this property.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Neltner, Brian

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Francesco Stellacci.

• Materials Science and Engineering.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32848

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/32848