PbS colloidal quantum dot (CQD)-sensitized inorganic-organic heterojunction solar cells fabricated by using the PbS CQDs co-capped by the oleic acid (OA) and 1-dodecanethiol (DT) ligand showed better device stability with aging time under ambient conditions without encapsulation. Furthermore, the device performance is better than the cell fabricated from PbS CQDs without DT ligand. The enhancem...

The effect of pH on the adhesion of silica and polystyrene latex nanoparticles, presenting hydroxyl and carboxyl acid surface chemistries respectively, to self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) has been investigated. The SAMs studied were 1-dodecanethiol, 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid and an original pyridine-terminated SAM. Adhesion of nanoparticles to the SAMs was found to decrease with increasing pH ...

This paper describes the fabrication of surfaces with different wettability, superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic, and pH-responsive properties. We used a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of a dendron thiol as the underlying surface for electrodeposition of gold nanostructures. After this modification with a SAM of n-dodecanethiol or 11-mercaptoundecanol, the surface shows remarkable superhydrophobi...

We demonstrate the fabrication and characterization of three-dimensional (3D) metamaterials in the terahertz (THz) range using the microfluidic-jetted technique. This technique has proven a convenient technique to fabricate metamaterial structures at the micrometer scale. The metamaterials are fabricated using dodecanethiol functionalized gold nanoparticles on flexible polyimide substrates. The...

Gold nanoparticles up to 70 nm in diameter could be extracted from aqueous solutions into nonpolar organic solvents by tetrathiolated resorcinarenes 1 and 2. The resorcinarene-coated nanoparticles formed stable dispersions in toluene and chloroform and could be passed through a crosslinked polystyrene column without significant degradation, but exhibited variable resistance to alkanethiol-induc...

Stable multilayer thin films, assembled by a combination of layer-by-layer processing of polyelectrolytes and inorganic quantum dot monolayers prepared using the Langmuir-Schaefer deposition procedure, have been examined. Film formation and structure are confirmed using UV-vis absorption measurements and fluorescence spectroscopy. Growth is shown to be linear over several polyelectrolyte-quantu...

Gold nanoparticles (npAu, 5 nm diameter) stabilized by hexanethiol and dodecanethiol do not exhibit in THF upon laser flash excitation (355 nm) any detectable transient in the microsecond timescale. However, using octadecanethiol as npAu ligand, a weak signal attributed to THF solvated electrons was observed after excitation 355 nm. In contrast, irrespective of the alkyl length of the thiol lig...

Despite all recent advances in medical treatments, infectious diseases remain dangerous. This has led to intensive scientific research on materials with antimicrobial properties. Silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) are a well-established solution this area. The present work studied the nucleation of silver halloysite substrates modified by chemical treatment NaOH. resulting stabilized Ag-NPs were cha...