Chainlike assembly of oleic acid-capped NaYF4:Yb, Er nanoparticles and their fixing by silica encapsulation. Issue 66 (29th June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Xue, Junfei; Zhao, Junwei; Wu, Jian; Xu, Pengyu; Chen, Sheng; Ding, Yaping; Ni, Weihai
• Is Part Of: RSC advances. Volume 6:Issue 66(2016)
• Page Start: 62019
• Page End: 62023
• Publication Date: 2016-06-29
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1039/c6ra09545c
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2046-2069

Abstract

Abstract : We demonstrate, through simply tuning the polarity of the dispersant system, oleic acid-capped NaYF4 nanoparticles can be self-assembled into chainlike structures, which were further fixed by silica encapsulation via the Stöber method. Abstract : We demonstrate, through simply tuning the polarity of the dispersant system, that oleic acid (OA)-capped NaYF4 nanoparticles can be self-assembled into chainlike structures. The assembled chainlike structures were further fixed by silica encapsulation via the Stöber method. The reported approach can be readily extended to other OA-capped nanoparticles in organic solvents.