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@article{citeulike:3435639, abstract = {Abstract: Pickering emulsions are used as a template to investigate the multiphase interactions and self-assembled structure of nanoparticles at a trichloroethylene-water interface. The dodecanethiol-capped silver nanoparticles of 1-5 nm form randomly distributed multilayers at the liquid/liquid interface, with an interparticle distance varying from close contact to approximately 25 nm. This report offers the first direct observation of nanoparticles in a liquid medium using the environmental transmission electron microscope, as well as the first work revealing the detailed self-assembled structure of nanoparticles at a liquid/liquid interface when the size of the nanoparticles is comparable to the molecular dimension of the liquids.}, address = {Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, and Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287}, author = {Dai, L. L. and Sharma, R. and Wu}, citeulike-article-id = {3435639}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la047256t}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la047256t}, day = {29}, doi = {10.1021/la047256t}, journal = {Langmuir}, keywords = {interface, liquid-liquid, self-assembly}, month = {March}, number = {7}, pages = {2641--2643}, posted-at = {2008-10-21 17:14:24}, priority = {2}, title = {Self-Assembled Structure of Nanoparticles at a Liquid-Liquid Interface}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la047256t}, volume = {21}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3435639 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3435639 N2 - Abstract: Pickering emulsions are used as a template to investigate the multiphase interactions and self-assembled structure of nanoparticles at a trichloroethylene-water interface. The dodecanethiol-capped silver nanoparticles of 1-5 nm form randomly distributed multilayers at the liquid/liquid interface, with an interparticle distance varying from close contact to approximately 25 nm. This report offers the first direct observation of nanoparticles in a liquid medium using the environmental transmission electron microscope, as well as the first work revealing the detailed self-assembled structure of nanoparticles at a liquid/liquid interface when the size of the nanoparticles is comparable to the molecular dimension of the liquids. IS - 7 JF - Langmuir AD - Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, and Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287 EP - 2643 TI - Self-Assembled Structure of Nanoparticles at a Liquid-Liquid Interface VL - 21 SP - 2641 KW - interface KW - liquid-liquid KW - self-assembly AU - Dai, LL AU - Sharma, R AU - Wu PY - 2005/03/29/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la047256t ER -