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Thermally reversible self-assembly of nanoparticles via polymer crystallization
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Kinnear, Calum
Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Balog, Sandor
Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara
Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Petri-Fink, Alke
Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland - Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Macromolecular Rapid Communications. - 2014, vol. 35, no. 23, p. 2012–2017
English
The directed self-assembly of gold nanoparticles through the crystallization of surface-grafted polyethylene oxide (PEO) in ethanol–water mixtures is described. This process is fully reversible and tunable through either the size of the core or the polymeric coating. Characterization by X-ray scattering and electron microscopy of the self-assembled structures reveals order at the nanoscale, typically not the case for thermoresponsive gold nanoparticles coated with lower or upper critical solution temperature polymers. A further novelty is the result of selective binding of calcium ions to the PEO in the fluid state: a reversible thermoresponsive transition become irreversible.
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Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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Department
- Département de Chimie
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Chemistry
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https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/304017
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