Short peptide amphiphile nanostructures facilitate sunlight-induced nanowelding of gold nanosheets
Source
Chemical Communications
ISSN
13597345
Date Issued
2022-11-16
Author(s)
Kesharwani, Khushboo
Kautu, Aanand
Sharma, Shruti
Kumar, Vikas
Tripathi, Satyendra Kumar
Shukla, Prashant
Joshi, Khashti Ballabh
Abstract
An effortless thermoplasmonic welding of multi-shaped gold nanosheets is achieved by ordinary and simple sunlight irradiation. A light-matter interaction occurred via the nanogaps of smaller nanosheets, leading to the enhancement of the electromagnetic field and thus effectively concentrating the heat at the welding point. The sPA peptide nanostructure facilitates the nanowelding of small caged gold nanostructures.