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Solvent-tuned structures

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Controlled assembly of nanoparticles can increase their utility for a large range of applications. Selectively functionalizing the ends of hydrophilic nanorods with hydrophobic polymers is an elegant way to do this, as solvent composition provides structure control.

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Figure 1: A schematic illustration of the rod-like gold nanoparticles prepared by Kumacheva and co-workers2.
Figure 2: Immersion of polystyrene-modified gold nanorods in water–organic solvent mixtures results in the formation of nanorod assemblies.

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  1. Robert B. Grubbs is in the Department of Chemistry, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA. Robert.B.Grubbs@dartmouth.edu,

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Grubbs, R. Solvent-tuned structures. Nature Mater 6, 553–555 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1964

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