Molecular camouflage: Making use of protecting groups to control the self-assembly of inorganic Janus particles onto metal-chalcogenide nanotubes by Pearson hardness

Jugal Kishore Sahoo, Muhammad Nawaz Tahir, Faegheh Hoshyargar, Bahar Nakhjavan, Robert Branscheid, Ute Kolb, Wolfgang Tremel*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Hard and soft: Binding of inorganic Pt@Fe 3O 4 Janus particles to WS 2 nanotubes through their Pt or Fe 3O 4 domains is governed by the difference in Pearson hardness: the soft Pt block has a higher sulfur affinity than the harder magnetite face; thus the binding proceeds preferentially through the Pt face. This binding preference can be reversed by masking the Pt face with an organic protecting group.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12271-12275
Number of pages5
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume50
Issue number51
DOIs
StatePublished - 16 Dec 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Janus particles
  • nanostructures
  • nanotubes
  • protecting groups
  • surface chemistry

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Catalysis
  • General Chemistry

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