Issue 45, 2013

“Multifaceted” polymer coated, gold nanoparticles

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles modified with a two (or multi-) component polymer brush coating are an exciting class of nanomaterials. The presentation of two (or more) different polymer components can lead to truly multifaceted nanoparticles that can incorporate multiple functionalities and can also possess nanopatterned surface morphologies. This article gives an overview of the state-of-the-art methods that are available for the preparation of such nanoparticles and discusses both from an experimental as well as theoretical perspective the possibilities and prospects of using two (or multi-) component polymer brush coatings to generate chemically nanopatterned nanoparticles, to modulate the properties and stimuli-responsiveness of nanoparticles as well as to direct their assembly into hierarchically organized superstructures.

Graphical abstract: “Multifaceted” polymer coated, gold nanoparticles

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
30 Jun 2013
Accepted
28 Aug 2013
First published
30 Aug 2013

Soft Matter, 2013,9, 10678-10688

“Multifaceted” polymer coated, gold nanoparticles

L. Chen and H. Klok, Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 10678 DOI: 10.1039/C3SM51789F

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