Controlled optoelectronic coupling in nanoparticle arrays
申请人:Seker Fazila
公开号:US20060024847A1
公开(公告)日:2006-02-02
In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to methods by which nanoparticle interactions can be controlled, compositions with which such interactions can be controlled, and devices which utilize the control of such interactions. Generally, such methods involve grafting polymer to electromagnetically-functional cores to form a core/shell nanoparticle, assembling a plurality of such core/shell nanoparticles to form an assembly, and exposing the assembly to at least one environmental stimulus to which the polymer is responsive so as to modulate the interparticle interactions of the electromagnetically-functional cores. The present invention is also directed to the compositions resulting from such methods and to the methods and associated devices for controlling the interparticle interactions in such compositions.