Hofmeister Effect-Mediated Liquid-Air Interfacial Assembly of PEG-Coated Gold Nanoparticles for Large-Area Monolayer Films.
Polymer-grafted nanoparticles (PGNPs) provide a model platform for investigating the interplay between polymer solvation and interfacial assembly. However, the behavior of PGNPs bearing hydrophilic chains at liquid-air interfaces remains poorly understood due to their strong affinity for aqueous subphases. In this work...