Techniques to assemble monolayers of nanoparticles on surfaces are crucial for
manufacturing devices for applications ranging from bio-sensing to tribology. Electrostatic …

In this study, we show that electrostatic interactions between charged substrates containing
preattached nanoparticles and bidisperse nanoparticle colloids can be engineered to …

Functionalizing the surface of metal nanoparticles can assure their stability in solution or
mediate their self-assembly into aggregates with controlled shapes. Here we present a …

Surface chemistry is a key determinant of the physico-chemical and biological properties of
gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). The introduction of chemical diversity in the surface of AuNPs is …

Binary heterogeneous surfaces composed of nanoscale hydrophilic and hydrophobic
domains were used to control the aggregation morphology of gold nanoparticles from a …

The immobilization of metal nanoparticles (NPs) with molecular control over their
organization is challenging. Herein, we report the formation of molecularly cross‐linked …

The concept of nanoparticles (NPs) as building blocks offers new possibilities to produce
complex and tailored structures from the nano-to the mesoscale. In order to control a …

A simple and versatile nanoscale force induced precipitation approach for the separation of
gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) was developed. The AuNPs show sharp size-dependent …

The synergy of self-and directed-assembly processes and lithography provides intriguing
avenues to fabricate translationally ordered nanoparticle arrangements, but currently lacks …

Gold nanoparticles and their arrays are some of the most studied nanomaterials, with
promising applications in many fields such as electronics, optoelectronics, catalysis and …