Abstract

VAZQUEZ-HERNANDEZ, F.; LUNA-ARIAS, J. P.; HERRERA-PEREZ, J. L.  and  MENDOZA-ALVAREZ, J.. Colloidal gold nanofilms fabricated via self-assembled monolayer and Langmuir-Blodgett methods. Superf. vacío [online]. 2014, vol.27, n.3, pp.98-101. ISSN 1665-3521.

Colloidal gold nanoparticles have been used as biomaterials since the 1970's. The main goal of developing biological sensors is to identify a number of human diseases and infections with high specificity and sensibility. Two of the most used methods to fabricate biofilms are the Langmuir-Blodgett and the Self-Assembled Monolayer techniques, which are used to obtain homogenous organic and inorganic monolayer films and thin films of organic compounds, respectively. We describe the fabrication of ring-structure colloidal gold nanofilms using both methods. Nanofilms were further characterized by X-Ray Diffraction, Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy, Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy, and Atomic Force Microscopy.

Keywords : Colloidal gold nanoparticles; SAM; Langmuir-Blodgett method.

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