Mesoscale organization of nanoparticle assemblies: looking into superstructures and aggregates
For this thesis, the goal was to investigate: 1) the self-assembly of amine-terminated dendrimers into well-defined dendrimicelles 2) the use of the micelle embedded nanoparticles as ‘spy’ particles 3) the effect of a templating matrix on the self-organization of these dendrimicelles into mesoscale superstructures. Throughout the thesis, it is shown that well-defined, 50 nm-sized dendrimicelles can be obtained from PAMAM dendrimer generations five through nine. By combining cryoTEM and light scattering experiments, the self-assembly behavior of the dendrimicelles is studied in unique detail. The dendrimicelle-embedded nanoparticles serve a dualistic purpose; not only do they provide additional contrast in the cryoTEM micrographs, they also allow for the direct determination of the micelle aggregation numbers by simply counting the number of nanoparticles.
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| Format: | Doctoral thesis biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Wageningen University
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| Subjects: | Life Science, |
| Online Access: | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/mesoscale-organization-of-nanoparticle-assemblies-looking-into-su |
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