Surface-Confined Nanoparticles as Substrates for Photopolymerizable Self-Assembled Monolayers

Menzel, Henning; Mowery, Mark D.; Cai, Mei; Evans, Christine

doi:10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(199902)11:2<131::aid-adma131>3.0.co;2-v

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“…The electrochemical properties of the resultant gold films were investigated and the result showed that these films yielded excellent voltammetry. Menzel et al (1999) reported the use of photopolymerizable self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on nanoparticles for electroless plating of gold films. More recently, the fabrication of gold films suitable for SPR measurements has emerged (Jin et al, 2001).…”

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Electroless-plated gold films for sensitive surface plasmon resonance detection of white spot syndrome virus

Lei

Chen

Dai

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Biosensors and Bioelectronics

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Electroless-plated gold films for sensitive surface plasmon resonance detection of white spot syndrome virus

Lei

Chen

Dai

et al. 2008

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

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“…The plating or growth process is initialized when the seeded substrate is introduced to a growth or plating solution that consists of gold ions and a reducing agent [24][25][26][27][28]. There are various reducing agents known to be effective for electroless gold film deposition including hypophosphite, hydrazine, dimethylamine borane (DMAB), and hydroxylamine [29][30][31][32][33][34]. These reducing agents are able to enlarge the seed particles without creating new nucleation sites, as shown in .…”

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“…UV-visible spectrophotometer and AFM were the main characterization instruments used to examine the formation of selfassembled gold nanoparticle layers. [31] concluded that particle distribution, solution concentration, and agitation were the three main factors that affected the plated film thickness and roughness [31]. The AFM images of colloidal gold monolayer, before and after plating, are shown in Figure 13.…”

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“…AFM images (1 µm x 1 µm) of a 12 nm diameter colloidal Au monolayer on a MPTMS-coated glass: before (left) and after its immersion into a mixture of hydroxylamine hydrochloride and gold (III) chloride (right)[33] (reprinted with permission from American Chemical Society).Menzel et al[31] further confirmed the hydroxylamine hydrochloride capability to enlarge surface-confined gold nanoparticles. In their study, 20 nm diameter colloidal gold nanoparticles were self-assembled on a 3-mercaptopropyldimethoxymethylsilanecoated SiO 2 surface.…”

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“…AFM images of a self-assembled gold colloid monolayer: A) before and B) after the addition of hydroxylamine and gold (III) chloride[31]. Copyright Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. Reproduced with permission.…”

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Electroless Deposition of Plasmonic Nanostructures on Star Polymer Templates

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As an alternative technique, electroless deposition is gaining interest due to its simplicity (solution-based process, no complex instrumentation), economical aspect, and effectiveness to form certain desired film thicknesses and morphologies on a wide variety of substrates. This work describes the use of water-soluble, polyvalent star polymer templates to form spontaneous self-limiting monolayers on complimentary functionalized substrates that act as efficient adhesion layers for the electroless deposition of thin gold films. The resulting gold films display outstanding thickness control, uniformity, reproducibility, and plasmon resonance generation, as evaluated by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS), surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The adaptation of this technique to the formation of core-shell gold nanoparticles was also shown to be feasible. The synthesized star polymer-templated gold nanoshells display a tunable NIR absorption depending on their size. By utilizing star polymers as templates, other materials such as drugs or chromophores can be effortlessly embedded inside the star polymer via self-assembled occlusion complex formation. This ability coupled with the efficacy of gold nanoshells in absorbing NIR light and transferring the light energy as heat to their surrounding environment can lead to an integrated form of imaging contrast, drug-delivery system, and photothermal ablation agent. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank Dr. Melanie McNeil who has provided me an once-in-alifetime opportunity to do my thesis at IBM Almaden Research Center (ARC). I really appreciate her support, advice, and help during the time I was working on my thesis and master's program at SJSU. I would also like to thank Dr. Joseph Sly for being a wonderful advisor whom I would be forever in-debt for what he has done for me during my tenure at IBM ARC. This included but not limited to his tremendous help, support, and his awe-inspiring knowledge that he willingly shared with me. I would also like to acknowledge great help from Victor Lee who has been an amazing lab master. My sincere gratitude goes to Dr. Robert Miller for all his great feedback and input so I could obtain the best possible results in my research. I would also like to thank Dr.

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A General Strategy to Enhance the Performance of Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells by Incorporating a Light‐Harvesting Dye with a Hydrophobic Polydiacetylene Electrolyte‐Blocking Layer

Desta

Liao

Sun

2017

Chemistry An Asian Journal

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A unique strategy to suppress charge recombination effectively and enhance light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) is demonstrated by the design of a new dipolar organic dye functionalized with a diacetylene unit, which is capable of undergoing a photoinduced crosslinking reaction to generate a hydrophobic polydiacetylene layer. The polydiacetylene layer serves as an electrolyte-blocking layer that effectively blocks the approach of the oxidized redox mediator and suppresses the dark current, and also plays a role in light harvesting owing to efficient energy transfer to the dipolar dyes. A 15 % efficiency improvement was achieved on going from the monomer dye (J =13.5 mA cm , V =0.728 V, fill factor=0.73, η=7.17 %) to the crosslinked dye (J =14.9 mA cm , V =0.750 V, fill factor=0.74, η=8.27 %) under AM 1.5 conditions.

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Surface-Confined Nanoparticles as Substrates for Photopolymerizable Self-Assembled Monolayers

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Electroless-plated gold films for sensitive surface plasmon resonance detection of white spot syndrome virus

Electroless-plated gold films for sensitive surface plasmon resonance detection of white spot syndrome virus

Electroless Deposition of Plasmonic Nanostructures on Star Polymer Templates

A General Strategy to Enhance the Performance of Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells by Incorporating a Light‐Harvesting Dye with a Hydrophobic Polydiacetylene Electrolyte‐Blocking Layer

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