dc.contributor.advisor | Francesco Stellacci. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Fabian, Omar | en_US |
dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-11-07T19:16:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-11-07T19:16:21Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2008 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/43211 | |
dc.description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 2008. | en_US |
dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaf 31). | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | My thesis explored three different synthesis routes toward obtaining monodisperse clutches of well-ordered nanoparticles stabilized by various alkanethiols. The first two synthesis methods were based on a two-phase system employing first tetraoctylammonium bromide (TOAB) as a phase transfer catalyst and then didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB). Though these methods approximated what could be considered monodisperse nanoparticles ([sigma]< 5%) by reaching distributions of a [sigma]~-19% for TOAB and [sigma]- 13% for DDAB at their best, they were easily surpassed by the degree of monodispersity achieved by a one-phase method. This one-phase method, which does not use inverse micelles to control the reduction process, was able to reach distribution levels where o<10%. More specifically, the method proved robust enough to synthesize monodisperse, well-ordered nanoparticles with the following alkanethiols: octanethiol, nonanethiol, decanethiol, dodecanethiol, pentadecanethiol; and the following distributions: [sigma]~7%, [sigma]~9%, -[sigma]~7%, [sigma]~4%, and ~ [sigma]8%, respectively. | en_US |
dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Omar Fabian. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 31 leaves | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
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dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
dc.subject | Materials Science and Engineering. | en_US |
dc.title | Synthetic routes to monodisperse gold nanoparticles stabilized by different-length alkanethiols | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering | |
dc.identifier.oclc | 259143595 | en_US |