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. 2014 Mar 3;30(11):3041–3050. doi: 10.1021/la5002754

Scheme 1. Synthetic Procedure Used To Prepare NPs Heterodimers via Electrostatic Interactions.

Scheme 1

Step 1: functionalization of NP-A with sodium 2-mercaptoethanesulfonate (MESNa) through ligand exchange. Step 2: purification of functionalized NP-A from excess of coating agent by centrifugation. Step 3: controlled self-assembly of NP-A and NP-B through electrostatic interactions. NP-B were synthesized according to procedures published before.40,41,51