Encapsulation of Au nanoparticles by poly(4-Vinylpyridine)-block-polystyrene-block-poly(4-Vinylpyridine) for controlled chain assembly

• Main Authors: Liu, Cuicui, Xu, Jun, Chen, Hongyu
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Organic chemistry::Polymers
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106745; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25068
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We report a facile method to encapsulate Au nanoparticles (NPs) in an amphiphilic ABA triblock copolymer, poly(4-vinylpyridine)-block-polystyrene-block-poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP-b-PS-b-P4VP), forming Au@P4VP-b-PS-b-P4VP core–shell nanostructures. On the basis of the hydrophobically funcationalized...