Electronic and Optical Properties of Chemically Modified Metal Nanoparticles and Molecularly Bridged Nanoparticle Arrays
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Abstract
Nanometer-sized metal particles (e.g., gold and silver) are certain to be important fundamental building blocks of future nanoscale electronic and optical devices. However, there are numerous challenges and questions which must be addressed before nanoparticle technologies can be implemented successfully. For example, basic capping ligand chemistrynanoparticle electronic function relationships must be addressed in greater detail. New methods for assembling nanoparticles together into higher-order arrays with more complex electronic functions are also required. This review highlights our recent progress toward characterizing electron transport in gold nanoparticles as a function of capping ligand charge state. These studies have shown that single electron tunneling energies can be manipulated predictably via pH-induced charge changes of surface-bound thiol capping ligands. We also show that rigid phenylacetylene molecules are useful bridges for assembling gold and silver nanoparticles into arrays of two, three, and four particles with psuedo D∞h, D3h, and Td symmetries. These nanoparticle “molecules” interact electromagnetically in a manner qualitatively consistent with dipole coupling models.
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