Assembly of Ordered Polystyrene Nanoparticles on Self-Assembled Monolayers
Pages 202-209
Ortal Lidor-Shalev, Hagit Aviv and Yitzhak Mastai

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6000/1929-5995.2015.04.04.5

Published: 12 January 2016

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.