Developing mutually encapsulating materials for versatile syntheses of multilayer metal-silica-polymer hybrid nanostructures

• Main Authors: Wang, Yawen, Chen, Hongyu, Zhu, Liangfang, Wang, Hong, Shen, Xiaoshuang, Chen, Liyong
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/96634; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10367
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

New methods to self-assemble polystyrene-block-poly(acrylic acid) (PSPAA) on silica via electrostatic interaction and to deposit silica on PSPAA shells are developed. The mutual encapsulation of silica and PSPAA allows versatile syntheses of well-controlled nanohybrids.