Nature Communications (Oct 2018)
Mass spectrometry and Monte Carlo method mapping of nanoparticle ligand shell morphology
Abstract
Determining the arrangement of ligands on a nanoparticle is challenging, given the limitations of existing characterization tools. Here, the authors describe an accessible method for resolving ligand shell morphology that uses simple MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry measurements in conjunction with an open-access Monte Carlo fitting program.