Templated Out‐of‐Equilibrium Self‐Assembly of Branched Au Nanoshells (Small 12/2023)

Branched Au Nanoshells Out-of-equilibrium self-assembly of metal nanoparticles achieving 3D structures with controlled morphology is still rare. In article number 2206712, Claudia Pigliacelli, Pierangelo Metrangolo, and co-workers adopt a peptide-gold superstructure as template to control the out-of-equilibrium nanoparticles, obtaining transient branched Au-nanoshell stabilized by surfactant. The nanoshell dismantles upon concentration gradient equilibration, leading disassembly regression template.