What Has Been Achieved:
Observation of ring breathing motions indicate that m-terphenyl isocyanide ligands (CNArMes2) adopts strikingly different orientations on Au versus Ag surfaces: vertical adsorption geometry on Au and a planar adsorption geometry on Ag.
Importance of the Achievement:
Surface ligands are critical in determining the chemical and physical properties of plasmonic nanoparticles. These results provide new insights into the molecule-surface interactions of m-terphenyl isocyanide ligands
How is the achievement related to the IRG, and how does it help it achieve its goals?
These results will enable the synthesis of new synthesis of patchy or surface-patterned plasmonic nanoparticles that can serve as novel nanoscale building blocks for self-assembly, bridging the chemical spectrum between inorganic nanoparticles (non-specific binding) and proteins (specific binding).
