Yuan-Chuan Shao

Supramolecular structuring of nanoparticle ligand shells revealed by liquid-phase AFM

Polymer grafts are a ubiquitous component of nanocrystal (NC) ligand shells and impart critical functionalities, including biocompatibility and colloidal stability. Although many techniques have been used for elucidating the supramolecular structure of polymer chains once grafted to the NC surface, few of these are...