Colouring Crystals with Inorganic Nanoparticles

Overview

Journal Chem Commun (Camb)

Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2013 Nov 9

PMID 24202647

Citations 11

Authors

Alexander N Kulak

Pengcheng Yang

Yi-Yeoun Kim

Steven P Armes

Fiona C Meldrum

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Abstract

A simple, one-pot method is presented whereby gold nanoparticles coated with a zwitterionic diblock copolymer are incorporated within single crystals of calcite. This may provide a versatile alternative to dyeing crystal with organic molecules and could be extended to create a series of new nanocomposite crystals with novel properties.

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