Polydopamine spheres as active templates for convenient synthesis of various nanostructures

• Main Authors: Lee, Pooi See, Yan, Jian, Yang, Liping, Lin, Meng-Fang, Ma, Jan, Lu, Xuehong
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Nanostructured materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102581; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19090
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this work, monodisperse polydopamine (PDA) spheres with tunable diameters have been synthesized through a facile and low cost method using a deionized water and alcohol mixed solvent. The PDA spheres possess surface functional groups (–OH, –NH2), exhibiting an extraordinary versatile active natur...