FUSED RING HETEROCYCLE FUNCTIONALIZED GOLD NANOPARTICLES: SYNTHESIS AND SELF-ASSEMBLY

Abstract

Self-assembled nanoparticles are an area of great research prospect as they offer switchable element for designing and creating micro-scale constructs. Self-assembly of nano-hybrids through some noncovalent interactions such as electrostatic, π-π and van der Waal interactions in different classes of composite materials provide a great prospect of utilization of these functional properties in tailor-made device applications. In this work gold nanoparticle functionalized with coumarin based fused-ring heterocyclic thiol exhibiting self-assembly is reported. The present work has been designed giving prior to pi-stacking mediated self-aggregation of nanoparticles resulting formation of larger superstructures. The work reports the coumarin-based heterocyclic fused ring having a thiol anchoring group grafted to the gold nanoparticle surface for easier electron flow between the metal nanoparticle and the aromatic ligand and study their self-assembly nature.