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dc.contributor.authorFukumo, Masafumi
dc.contributor.authorHeilmann, Ralf K.
dc.contributor.authorPershan, Peter S.
dc.contributor.authorBadia, Antonella
dc.contributor.authorLennox, R. Bruce
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-22T13:20:56Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.identifier.citationFukumo, Masafumi, Ralf K. Heilmann, Peter S. Pershan, Antonella Badia, and R. Bruce Lennox. 2004. Monolayer/bilayer transition in Langmuir films of derivatized gold nanoparticles at the gas/water interface: An x-ray scattering study. Journal of Chemical Physics 120(7): 3446-3459.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0021-9606en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:5028194
dc.description.abstractThe microscopic structure of Langmuir films of derivatized gold nanoparticles has been studied as a function of area/particle on the water surface. The molecules (AuSHDA) consist of gold particles of mean core diameter D ∼ 22 Å that have been stabilized by attachment of carboxylic acid terminated alkylthiols, HS–(CH2)15–COOH. Compression of the film results in a broad plateau of finite pressure in the surface pressure versus area/particle isotherm that is consistent with a first-order monolayer/bilayer transition. X-ray specular reflectivity (XR) and grazing incidence diffraction show that when first spread at large area/particle, AuSHDA particles aggregate two dimensionally to form hexagonally packed monolayer domains at a nearest-neighbor distance of a = 34 Å. The lateral positional correlations associated with the two-dimensional (2D) hexagonal order are of short range and extend over only a few interparticle distances; this appears to be a result of the polydispersity in particle size. Subsequent compression of the film increases the surface coverage by the monolayer but has little effect on the interparticle distance in the close-packed domains. The XR and off-specular diffuse scattering (XOSDS) results near the onset of the monolayer/bilayer coexistence plateau are consistent with complete surface coverage by a laterally homogeneous monolayer of AuSHDA particles. On the high-density side of the plateau, the electron-density profile extracted from XR clearly shows the formation of a bilayer in which the newly formed second layer on top is slightly less dense than the first layer. In contrast to the case of the homogeneous monolayer, the XOSDS intensities observed from the bilayer are higher than the prediction based on the capillary wave model and the assumption of homogeneity, indicating the presence of lateral density inhomogeneities in the bilayer. According to the results of Bragg rod measurements, the 2D hexagonal order in the two layers of the bilayer are only partially correlated.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipEngineering and Applied Sciencesen_US
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dc.publisherAmerican Institute of Physicsen_US
dc.relation.isversionofdoi:10.1063/1.1640334en_US
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://liquids.seas.harvard.edu/peter/2004.pdf/Fukuto.JCP.120.04.pdfen_US
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dc.titleMonolayer/Bilayer Transition in Langmuir Films of Derivatized Gold Nanoparticles at the Gas/Water Interface: An X-Ray Scattering Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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dc.relation.journalJournal of Chemical Physicsen_US
dash.depositing.authorPershan, Peter S.
dc.date.available2011-07-22T13:20:56Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1063/1.1640334*
dash.contributor.affiliatedPershan, Peter


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