FUNCTIONALIZED METAL NANOPARTICLES THAT INCLUDE A SENSITIVE SYSTEM TO PH AND TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS ABLE TO FORM 2-D LINEAR NANO-TOPOGRAPHIES AND SUBMICRO-METRIC GLOBULAR STRUCTURES.

摘要

Functionalized metal nanoparticles comprising a system sensitive to variations in pH and temperature capable of forming linear 2-D nano-topographies and submicron-metric globular structures. # The invention relates to the immobilization of molecular fragments with specific temperature and pH sensitivity. on the surface of the metal nanoparticle. The nanoparticles can also be used: as templates for the controlled creation of linear topographies of two-dimensional nanometric metals (nano-rows) for technological applications such as the manufacture of nano-connectors and nano-conductors; as templates for the controlled creation of topographies that show reciprocal geometric patterns and similar inter-particle distances mostly within the range between 10 and 40 nm; and as discrete units of transport and vehiculization of nanometric metals through the formation of globular structures of micro and submicro-metric scale for the creation of nano and intelligent micro devices in technological, biotechnological and biomedical applications.