Control over Position, Orientation, and Spacing of Arrays of Gold Nanorods Using Chemically Nanopatterned Surfaces and Tailored Particle鈥揚article鈥揝urface Interactions
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- 作者：Dhriti Nepal ; M. Serdar Onses ; Kyoungweon Park ; Michael Jespersen ; Christopher J. Thode ; Paul F. Nealey ; Richard A. Vaia
- 刊名：ACS Nano
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：June 26, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：6
- 期：6
- 页码：5693-5701
- 全文大小：531K
- 年卷期：v.6,no.6(June 26, 2012)
- ISSN：1936-086X
文摘
The synergy of self- and directed-assembly processes and lithography provides intriguing avenues to fabricate translationally ordered nanoparticle arrangements, but currently lacks the robustness necessary to deliver complex spatial organization. Here, we demonstrate that interparticle spacing and local orientation of gold nanorods (AuNR) can be tuned by controlling the Debye length of AuNR in solution and the dimensions of a chemical contrast pattern. Electrostatic and hydrophobic selectivity for AuNR to absorb to patterned regions of poly(2-vinylpyridine) (P2VP) and polystyrene brushes and mats was demonstrated for AuNR functionalized with mercaptopropane sulfonate (MS) and poly(ethylene glycol), respectively. For P2VP patterns of stripes with widths comparable to the length of the AuNR, single- and double-column arrangements of AuNR oriented parallel and perpendicular to the P2VP line were obtained for MS-AuNR. Furthermore, the spacing of the assembled AuNR was uniform along the stripe and related to the ionic strength of the AuNR dispersion. The different AuNR arrangements are consistent with predictions based on maximization of packing of AuNR within the confined strip.