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Patterns and Pathways in Colloidal Nanoparticle Assemblies

 
Collaboration: E. Vaujour & P. Moriarty (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, UK)
 
   
 
 
 Observation of nanoparticles assemblie in real time
 
 Determination of patterns and pathways morphology
 
 
 
Patterns and Pathways in Colloidal Nanoparticle Assemblies
 
 
       
 
 
 SiO2 Surf
 
 Your Optical Microscope : upright, reflected light (BF challenging, DIC mode for guaranteed success)
   
   
     
 
A drop of colloïdal solution of Gold nanoparticles (diameter 2nm), passivated by thiol molecules C8H17S (total diameter around 3nm) [Brust et al., J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. (1994)]in dichloromethane is deposited on the Surf (no pretreatment of the surface by O3). The solvent is evaporated at RT. Viscoelastic fracture in thick film of nanoparticles (fracture reminiscent of that observed with certain kind of polymer films).
(Scale bar : 100µm)
 
     
       
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