Highly photoresponsive monolayer-protected gold clusters by self-assembly of a cyclodextrin-azobenzene-derived supramolecular complex.

نویسندگان

  • Fiorella Callari
  • Salvatore Petralia
  • Salvatore Sortino
چکیده

Reversibly-photoswitchable gold nanoparticles containing azobenzene and exhibiting a light response "virtually identical" to that of the free chromophore were achieved by self-assembling a host-guest inclusion complex between alpha-cyclodextrin and an azobenzene-terminated alkanethiol in an aqueous medium.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Chemical communications

دوره 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006