TY - JOUR
T1 - Attachment of gold nanograins onto colloidal magnetite nanocrystals
AU - Caruntu, Daniela
AU - Cushing, Brian L.
AU - Caruntu, Gabriel
AU - O'Connor, Charles J.
PY - 2005/6/28
Y1 - 2005/6/28
N2 - The successful attachment of 2-3 nm gold particles to ∼10 nm Fe 3O 4 nanocrystals through a simple, two-step chemically controlled procedure is reported. The surface of individual, relatively monodisperse, Fe 3O 4 nanospheres forming a stable colloidal methanolic solution is coated with an amino-terminated silane, peptized to induce positive charges on the particles' surfaces and then treated with a colloidal solution of negatively charged Au nanoparticles. A detailed investigation by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV-vis, inductively coupled plasma, and superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry was performed in order to elucidate the morphology and properties of the nanocomposites. Due to their low concentration and small size of the attached Au particles, the optical properties are not observable in the case of the Fe 3O 4/Au nanocomposites. Additionally, the colloidal Fe 3O 4/Au nanocomposites are highly stable against separation and exhibit magnetic properties similar to those of the parent Fe 3O 4 nanocrystals. These novel nanoarchitectures open up new opportunities for the use of magnetite nanoparticles for in-vivo biomedical applications through chemical bonding of bioactive molecules to the attached Au nanoparticles.
AB - The successful attachment of 2-3 nm gold particles to ∼10 nm Fe 3O 4 nanocrystals through a simple, two-step chemically controlled procedure is reported. The surface of individual, relatively monodisperse, Fe 3O 4 nanospheres forming a stable colloidal methanolic solution is coated with an amino-terminated silane, peptized to induce positive charges on the particles' surfaces and then treated with a colloidal solution of negatively charged Au nanoparticles. A detailed investigation by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV-vis, inductively coupled plasma, and superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry was performed in order to elucidate the morphology and properties of the nanocomposites. Due to their low concentration and small size of the attached Au particles, the optical properties are not observable in the case of the Fe 3O 4/Au nanocomposites. Additionally, the colloidal Fe 3O 4/Au nanocomposites are highly stable against separation and exhibit magnetic properties similar to those of the parent Fe 3O 4 nanocrystals. These novel nanoarchitectures open up new opportunities for the use of magnetite nanoparticles for in-vivo biomedical applications through chemical bonding of bioactive molecules to the attached Au nanoparticles.
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U2 - 10.1021/cm050280n
DO - 10.1021/cm050280n
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:22944476785
SN - 0897-4756
VL - 17
SP - 3398
EP - 3402
JO - Chemistry of Materials
JF - Chemistry of Materials
IS - 13
ER -