Hybrid Nanomaterials: Anchoring Magnetic Molecules on Naked Gold Nanocrystals

作者：Holmberg Rebecca J; Hutchings Amy Jayne; Habib Fatemah; Korobkov Ilia; Scaiano Juan C; Murugesu Muralee^*

来源：Inorganic Chemistry, 2013, 52(24): 14411-14418.

DOI：10.1021/ic4026975

The pairing of molecular magnets and nanomaterials couples top-down and bottom-up approaches to nanotechnology; facilitating a unique methodology to the controlled study of interfacial magnetic properties. Attaching Single-Molecule Magnets (SMMs) to %26quot;naked%26quot; gold nanoparticles is a novel method of exploring various avenues of magnetic nanotechnology, such as drug delivery, information storage, catalysis, and assembly of magnetic-nanostructural motifs. Herein we report the successful capping of laser ablation synthesized %26quot;naked%26quot; gold nanoparticles with a dinuclear dysprosium complex, while introducing new information regarding the changes in molecular magnetic properties upon surface attachment. We anticipate that this methodology in producing these magneto-plasmonic nanostructures not only provides answers to fundamental questions but also has the potential to provide new avenues to applications including information storage, multimodal imaging, biomedicine, and optoelectronics.

• 出版日期2013-12-16