Assembly of Ordered Polystyrene Nanoparticles on Self-Assembled Monolayers

Ortal Lidor Shalev; Hagit Hagit; Yitzhak Mastai

doi:10.6000/1929-5995.2015.04.04.5

Authors

Ortal Lidor Shalev Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA), Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 5290002, Israel
Hagit Hagit Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA), Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 5290002, Israel
Yitzhak Mastai Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA), Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 5290002, Israel

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-5995.2015.04.04.5

Keywords:

Self-assembled monolayer, Polymeric nanoparticles, Spontaneous arrangement, Polystyrene, Surface chemistry, Janus particles.

Abstract

Spontaneous assembly of nanoparticles onto a surface is a promising bottom-up concept for the fabrication of new functional materials that can be used for various applications in the nanotechnology. In this paper, we describe a system based on gold/polystyrene (Au/PS) Janus particles arranged onto Au self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of 1-dodecanthiol (NDA). The micro-size Au/PS Janus particles are self-assembled onto Au surface and are dissolved into polystyrene (PS) nanoparticles. The SAM of NDA plays two different roles; it dissolves the original Au/PS Janus particles and organizes the PS nanoparticles onto the Au surface. Overall, our proposed method for the assembly of large-scale area nanoparticles can be extended for further uses in the surface science.

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