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Staged Surface Patterning and Self‐Assembly of Nanoparticles Functionalized with End‐Grafted Block Copolymer Ligands.
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Angewandte Chemie . Jul2019, Vol. 131 Issue 27, p9370-9375. 6p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Using two orthogonal external stimuli, programmable staged surface patterning and self‐assembly of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) was achieved. For gold NPs capped with end‐grafted poly(styrene‐block‐(4‐vinylbenzoic acid)), P(St‐block‐4VBA), block copolymer ligands, surface‐pinned micelles (patches) formed from NP‐adjacent PSt blocks under reduced solvency conditions (Stimulus 1); solvated NP‐remote P(4VBA) blocks stabilized the NPs against aggregation. Subsequent self‐assembly of patchy NPs was triggered by crosslinking the P(4VBA) blocks with copper(II) ions (Stimulus 2). Block copolymer ligand design has a strong effect on NP self‐assembly. Small, well‐defined clusters assembled from NPs functionalized with ligands with a short P(4VBA) block, while NPs tethered with ligands with a long P(4VBA) block formed large irregularly shaped assemblies. This approach is promising for high‐yield fabrication of colloidal molecules and their assemblies with structural and functional complexity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *NANOPARTICLES
*BLOCK copolymers
*LIGANDS (Chemistry)
*MICELLES
*COPOLYMERS
*COLLOIDS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00448249
- Volume :
- 131
- Issue :
- 27
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Angewandte Chemie
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137145759
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201904430