Breaking the nanoparticle’s dispersible limit via rotatable surface ligands

Yue Liu; Na Peng; Yifeng Yao; Xuan Zhang; Xianqi Peng; Liyan Zhao; Jing Wang; Liang Peng; Zuankai Wang; Kenji Mochizuki; Min Yue; Shikuan Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31275-7

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Breaking the nanoparticle’s dispersible limit via rotatable surface ligands

Yue Liu,
Na Peng,
Yifeng Yao,
Xuan Zhang,
Xianqi Peng,
Liyan Zhao,
Jing Wang,
Liang Peng,
Zuankai Wang,
Kenji Mochizuki,
Min Yue,
Shikuan Yang

Affiliations

Yue Liu: Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Na Peng: Institute of Veterinary Sciences & Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University
Yifeng Yao: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Xuan Zhang: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Xianqi Peng: Institute of Veterinary Sciences & Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University
Liyan Zhao: Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Jing Wang: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
Liang Peng: Deparment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hongkong
Zuankai Wang: Deparment of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hongkong
Kenji Mochizuki: Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University
Min Yue: Institute of Veterinary Sciences & Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University
Shikuan Yang: Institute for Composites Science Innovation, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31275-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Nanoparticles that can disperse in a broad range of solvents are desirable. Here, the authors report nanoparticles featuring rotatable surface ligands that enable the formation of stable dispersions in a wide range of solvents.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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