Issue 39, 2013

Designer nanojunctions: orienting shaped nanoparticles within polymer thin-film nanocomposites

Abstract

We demonstrate that polymer-grafted metal nanoparticles of various shapes and dimensions self-assemble into arrays of string-like superstructures upon phase separation within a matrix polymer. Interparticle orientation within these nanocomposites can be dictated by the chain length of the grafted polymer.

Graphical abstract: Designer nanojunctions: orienting shaped nanoparticles within polymer thin-film nanocomposites

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Here 2012
Accepted
23 Du 2012
First published
23 Du 2012

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 4382-4384

Designer nanojunctions: orienting shaped nanoparticles within polymer thin-film nanocomposites

B. Gao, Y. Alvi, D. Rosen, M. Lav and A. R. Tao, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 4382 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC37158H

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