Amphiphilic Janus gold nanoparticles （GNPs） are prospected to encapsulate drug molecules in cancer therapy and to serve as heterogeneous catalysts at oil/water interfaces, where Janus GNPs with differ- ent sizes are...Amphiphilic Janus gold nanoparticles （GNPs） are prospected to encapsulate drug molecules in cancer therapy and to serve as heterogeneous catalysts at oil/water interfaces, where Janus GNPs with differ- ent sizes are required. In this work, multiple-sized precursor GNPs were synthesized by seeded growth method protected with tris（hydroxymethyl）phosphine oxide （THPO） ligand molecule, and a ligand ex- change reaction with triphenylphosphine （PPh3） at the toluene/water interface was employed to prepare amphiphilic Janus GNPs. UV-vis and transmission electron microscopy （TEM） analyses indicate that the as-prepared GNPs are nanocrystals with average diameters of 2.3 nm, 9.5 nm, 16.1 nm and 18.8 nm, re- spectively. Contact angle, Raman and X-ray photonic spectroscopy （XPS） analyses reveal that the self- assembled GNP films exhibit hydrophilic on one side and hydrophobic on another, owing to the adsorption of hydrophilic ligands （THPO and THP） and a similar amount of hydrophobic ligands （PPh3 and PPh30）. Angle-resolved XPS analysis further demonstrates that the individual GNPs actually possess hydro- philic and hydmphobic compartments on the surface, which regularly packed by supramolecular interactions at toluene/water interface to form the self-assembled GNP films.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21163004)Guangxi Natural Science Foundation (Nos. 2015GXNSFBA139220 and 2013GX NSFAA019029)
文摘Amphiphilic Janus gold nanoparticles （GNPs） are prospected to encapsulate drug molecules in cancer therapy and to serve as heterogeneous catalysts at oil/water interfaces, where Janus GNPs with differ- ent sizes are required. In this work, multiple-sized precursor GNPs were synthesized by seeded growth method protected with tris（hydroxymethyl）phosphine oxide （THPO） ligand molecule, and a ligand ex- change reaction with triphenylphosphine （PPh3） at the toluene/water interface was employed to prepare amphiphilic Janus GNPs. UV-vis and transmission electron microscopy （TEM） analyses indicate that the as-prepared GNPs are nanocrystals with average diameters of 2.3 nm, 9.5 nm, 16.1 nm and 18.8 nm, re- spectively. Contact angle, Raman and X-ray photonic spectroscopy （XPS） analyses reveal that the self- assembled GNP films exhibit hydrophilic on one side and hydrophobic on another, owing to the adsorption of hydrophilic ligands （THPO and THP） and a similar amount of hydrophobic ligands （PPh3 and PPh30）. Angle-resolved XPS analysis further demonstrates that the individual GNPs actually possess hydro- philic and hydmphobic compartments on the surface, which regularly packed by supramolecular interactions at toluene/water interface to form the self-assembled GNP films.
