Hydrophobic anchoring of monolayer-protected gold nanoclusters to carbon nanotubes

Nano Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-282

  Ellis, A V ^a   Vijayamohanan, K ^a,b   Goswami, R ^a   Chakrapani, N ^a   Ramanathan, L S ^a   Ajayan, P M ^a   Ramanath, G ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GOLD;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CARBON DYNAMICS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CROSS LINKING; HYBRID ZONE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NANOPARTICLE; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0141516710     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl025824o     Document Type: Article

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