Issue 46, 2013

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)–Au hybrid microgels: synthesis, characterization, thermally tunable optical and catalytic properties

Abstract

A large number of gold nanoparticles (ca. 3.8 nm in diameter) were homogeneously and effectively incorporated into thiol-functionalized poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) microgels through the well-known Au–thiol chemistry. Here, the thiol-functionalized PNIPAM microgels were obtained by carbodiimide-mediated amide bond formation between the carboxyl-functionalized PNIPAM microgels and 2-aminoethanethiol. The prepared PNIPAM–Au hybrid microgels exhibited well-defined thermally modulated optical and catalytic properties.

Graphical abstract: Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)–Au hybrid microgels: synthesis, characterization, thermally tunable optical and catalytic properties

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
01 Sep 2013
Accepted
05 Oct 2013
First published
11 Oct 2013

Soft Matter, 2013,9, 10966-10970

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)–Au hybrid microgels: synthesis, characterization, thermally tunable optical and catalytic properties

S. Shi, L. Zhang, T. Wang, Q. Wang, Y. Gao and N. Wang, Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 10966 DOI: 10.1039/C3SM52303A

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