Nanostructured surfaces from ligand-protected metal nanoparticles

Abstract

Nanostructuring surfaces with metal atoms or clusters represents a promising approach to create materials with unique electronic/magnetic properties and improved chemical reactivity. By means of plasma sputtering and mass spectrometric...

Analytical Methods for Characterization of Nanomaterial Surfaces

“…Nevertheless, STM in conjunction with computation has been successfully used to image the organization and spatial orientation of ligands on nanoparticles. 67 Zhou et al used a well-defined Ag 374 nanocluster as a model to demonstrate the ability of STM to visualize ligand arrangement at molecular spatial resolution. 68 The nanocluster Ag 374 (SR) 113…”

“…Additionally, the tip convolution effect, which is frequently observed in probe microscopy, becomes compounded on curved surfaces. Nevertheless, STM in conjunction with computation has been successfully used to image the organization and spatial orientation of ligands on nanoparticles …”

Chiral functionalization of solid surfaces with amino acid derivatives: diazonium grafting regulated by enantioselective processes

“…Therefore, there have been many studies in the last few decades devoted to the fabrication of nanostructured chiral surfaces. [7][8][9][10][11][12] There are several ways to endow an otherwise achiral surface with chirality, most often by covering the surface with a monolayer of wellorganized chiral molecules. [13][14][15][16][17] Chirality can also be imparted onto an achiral material via covalent functionalization, 18 and many chiral inorganic nanostructures have been developed in this way, including chiral metal nanoclusters, 19 chiral semiconductor nanoparticles 20 and chiral nanocarbons.…”