Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2013, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (5): 929-933.doi: 10.1007/s40242-013-3208-2

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Electrostatically Controlled Nematic and Smectic Assembly of Gold Nanorods

WEI Wen-bo, CHEN Kuan, GE Guang-lu   

  1. National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
  • Received:2013-05-08 Revised:2013-06-18 Online:2013-10-01 Published:2013-09-17
  • Contact: GE Guang-lu E-mail:gegl@nanoctr.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20673031) and the National Key Basic Research Program of China(No.2011CB932803).

Abstract:

The assembly of gold nanorods(GNRs) into different liquid crystalline structures can be controlled by tuning their surface electric potential. After mildly removing excess surfactants in the GNRs solution, the electrostatic interaction between GNRs can be tuned by adjusting counter ion concentration. Specifically, nematic and smectic structures formed after solvent evaporation at low and high bromide concentrations, respectively. These results could be helpful for fabricating anisotropy enabled devices composed of metal and semiconductor nanorods.

Key words: Nanorod, Nanostructure, Self-assembly