<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ellis, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">D'Arcy-Galla, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vijayamohanan, K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Goswami, R.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ganesan, P. G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ryu, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ramanath, G.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phase transitions in octanethiol-capped Ag nanocluster microfilm assemblies</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thermochimica Acta</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">differential thermal analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">infrared spectroscopy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">phase transitions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">silver nanoclusters</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FEB</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-2</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">426</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">207-212</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;We describe phase transitions in microfilm assemblies of octanethiol (OT)-capped 2-4 nm-diameter Ag nanoclusters prepared from solutions with OT/Ag+ ratios of similar to50. Using DSC we observe two melting/crystallization-type reversible phase transitions: one at similar to61 degreesC due to interdigiated unattached octanethiol, and the other at similar to125 degreesC due to the phase comprised of the assembly of OT-capped nanoclusters. Increased thermal fluctuations weaken the inter-chain hydrophobic interactions between interdigitated OT molecules, leading to both phase transitions. The thiolate bond of OT-molecules bound to Ag nanoclusters are more rigid, thereby requiring a higher temperature to increase the flexibility of the alkyl chain of OT, and to melt the nanocluster assembly. The mobility of the nanoclusters in the melt is limited, and morphological features of the original assemblies are retained during recrystallization. No observable mass loss is detected up to similar to180 degreesC, above which OT molecules desorb from the Ag nanoclusters. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-2</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1.938</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maddanimath, Trupti</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumar, Anil</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">D'Arcy-Galla, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ganesan, P. G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vijayamohanan, K.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ramanath, G.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wet-chemical templateless assembly of metal nanowires from nanoparticles</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chemical Communications</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JAN</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1435-1437</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;We describe a new, simple, room-temperature wet-chemical approach for assembling Au and Ag nanoparticles into nanowire networks, without the use of lithographic templates. Five to 35 nm-diameter nanowires passivated with a thin organic layer were synthesized by mechanically agitating a biphasic liquid mixture of an aqueous hydrosol containing the nanoparticles, and toluene. Nanowire structure and surface chemistry are discussed based on electron microscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analyses.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Article</style></work-type><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Council of Scientific &amp;amp; Industrial Research (CSIR) - India&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom2><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Foreign&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6.567</style></custom4></record></records></xml>