Self-assembled nanoparticles-nanotube structures based on antenna chemistry of conductive nanorods
AssigneeWilliam Marsh Rice University
InventorsHoward K. Schmidt, Juan G. Duque, Matteo Pasquali
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Abstract
The present invention relates in general to nanostructured materials and processes for making same. More particularly, the present inventions relates to a nanoscale composite structure and methods for making same involving a conductive nanorod comprising a tip at each of the nanorod extrema; and a material deposited on at the least the tips, wherein the material comprises a reduced form of a redox species, wherein the redox species is adapted for electrochemical reaction with the conductive nanorod when the conductive nanorod is stimulated as an antenna by an electric field.
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A nanoscale composite structure, comprising:
- a conductive nanorod comprising a tip at each of the nanorod extrema;
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- a material deposited on at least one tip,
- wherein the material comprises a reduced form of a redox species,
- wherein the redox species is adapted for electrochemical reaction with the conductive nanorod when the conductive nanorod is stimulated as an antenna by an electric field.
A method for chemically modifying a conductive nanorod, said method comprising:
- mixing a redox species with the conductive nanorod in a solution;
- stimulating the conductive nanorod as an antenna with an electric field,
- wherein the conductive nanorod comprises a tip at each of the nanorod extrema;
- allowing the redox species to electrochemically react with the conductive nanorod when stimulating the conductive nanorod with the electric field;
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- depositing a material comprising a reduced form of the redox species on the tips so as to form a nanoscale composite structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.