Sangaru Shiv Shankar
Critical assessment of the evidence for striped nanoparticles
Shankar, Sangaru Shiv; Stirling, Julian; Lekkas, Ioannis; Sweetman, Adam; Djuranovic, Predrag; Guo, Quanmin; Pauw, Brian; Granwehr, Josef; L�vy, Rapha�l; Moriarty, Philip
Authors
Julian Stirling
Ioannis Lekkas
Adam Sweetman
Predrag Djuranovic
Quanmin Guo
Brian Pauw
Josef Granwehr
Rapha�l L�vy
Professor Philip Moriarty PHILIP.MORIARTY@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS
Abstract
There is now a significant body of literature which reports that stripes form in the ligand shell of suitably functionalised Au nanoparticles. This stripe morphology has been proposed to strongly affect the physicochemical and biochemical properties of the particles. We critique the published evidence for striped nanoparticles in detail, with a particular focus on the interpretation of scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) data (as this is the only technique which ostensibly provides direct evidence for the presence of stripes). Through a combination of an exhaustive re-analysis of the original data, in addition to new experimental measurements of a simple control sample comprising entirely unfunctionalised particles, we show that all of the STM evidence for striped nanoparticles published to date can instead be explained by a combination of well-known instrumental artefacts, or by issues with data acquisition/analysis protocols. We also critically re-examine the evidence for the presence of ligand stripes which has been claimed to have been found from transmission electron microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, small angle neutron scattering experiments, and computer simulations. Although these data can indeed be interpreted in terms of stripe formation, we show that the reported results can alternatively be explained as arising from a combination of instrumental artefacts and inadequate data analysis techniques.
Citation
Shankar, S. S., Stirling, J., Lekkas, I., Sweetman, A., Djuranovic, P., Guo, Q., Pauw, B., Granwehr, J., Lévy, R., & Moriarty, P. (2014). Critical assessment of the evidence for striped nanoparticles. PLoS ONE, 9(11), Article e108482. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108482
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Nov 14, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Feb 16, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 16, 2016 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Electronic ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 11 |
Article Number | e108482 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108482 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/739700 |
Publisher URL | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0108482 |
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