We will discuss our recent efforts in the synthesis of polymer coated dipolar cobalt nanoparticles and functional �colloidal monomers� based on various functionalization motifs around dipolar cobalt colloids based on core-shell and heterostructured nanorod morphologies.  We will discuss various synthetic strategies to prepare these complex dipolar nanoparticles, in particular those incorporating semiconductor nanorods based on II-VI semiconductor nanoinclusions, followed by correlation of nanostructure with electrochemical properties.   We will also discuss our developments in using these dipolar nanoparticles as �colloidal monomers� for Colloidal Polymerization to prepare cobalt oxide nanowires that carry these nanoinclusions in the interior, or exterior of the 1-D assembly.

Synthesis and colloidal polymerization of dipolar nanoparticles and dipolar heterostructured nanorods

244th National Meeting (2012)

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