Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids

Samia Ouhajji; Bas G.P. Van Ravensteijn; Carla Fernández-Rico; Kanvaly S. Lacina; Albert P. Philipse; Andrei V. Petukhov

doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b05065

Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids

Samia Ouhajji^*, Bas G.P. Van Ravensteijn, Carla Fernández-Rico, Kanvaly S. Lacina, Albert P. Philipse, Andrei V. Petukhov

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Abstract

We disclose a method for the synthesis of chiral colloids from spontaneously formed hollow sugar-surfactant microtubes with internally confined mobile colloidal spheres. Key feature of our approach is the grafting of colloid surfaces with photoresponsive coumarin moieties, which allow for UV-induced, covalent clicking of colloids into permanent chains, with morphologies set by the colloid-to-tube diameter ratio. Subsequent dissolution of tube confinement yields aqueous suspensions that comprise bulk quantities of a variety of linear chains, including single helical chains of polystyrene colloids. These colloidal equivalents of chiral (DNA) molecules are intended for microscopic study of chiral dynamics on a single-particle level.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	12089-12095
Journal	ACS Nano
Volume	12
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05065
Publication status	Published - Nov 2018

Keywords

chirality
colloidal synthesis
confined assembly
helices
UV irradiation

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Wet-chemical synthesis of chiral colloids

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