Homo- and co-polymerization of polysytrene-block-poly(acrylic acid)-coated metal nanoparticles

• Main Authors: Wang, Hong, Song, Xiaohui, Liu, Cuicui, He, Jiating, Chong, Wen Han, Chen, Hongyu
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103703; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24545
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Amphiphilic block copolymers such as polystyrene-block-poly(acrylic acid) (PSPAA) give micelles that are known to undergo sphere-to-cylinder shape transformation. Exploiting this polymer property, core–shell nanoparticles coated in PSPAA can be “polymerized” into long chains following the chain-grow...