Assembling single gold nanorods into large-scale highly aligned nanoarrays via vacuum-enhanced capillarity

Jiaojiao Wang, Min Li, Bochong Tang, Peng Xie, Lei Ma, Zhongbo Hu, Yuliang Zhao, Zhongqing Wei

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Abstract

We report a simple, straightforward, and efficient approach to assemble single gold nanorods (AuNRs) into highly aligned arrays, via a unique vacuum-enhanced capillarity. The assembled AuNR arrays demonstrate both an excellently unidirectional ordering and a wonderful single-rod resolution. The key role of vacuum in this approach enables high-aspect-ratio (10 to 22) AuNR alignment and efficiently facilitates large-area alignment. Further investigation of one- and two-dimensional AuNR arrays would undoubtedly be beneficial to their potential applications.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number556
Pages (from-to)1-5
Number of pages5
JournalNanoscale Research Letters
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

Keywords

  • Assembly
  • Atomic force microscopy
  • Capillary
  • Gold
  • Nanoarray
  • Nanorods

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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