Surface-initiated polymerization-induced self-assembly of bimodal polymer-grafted silica nanoparticles towards hybrid assemblies in one step

Yang Zheng; Yucheng Huang; Zaid M. Abbas; Brian C. Benicewicz

doi:10.1039/C6PY01319H

Surface-initiated polymerization-induced self-assembly of bimodal polymer-grafted silica nanoparticles towards hybrid assemblies in one step†

Yang Zheng,^a Yucheng Huang,^a Zaid M. Abbas^a and Brian C. Benicewicz*^a

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E-mail: Benice.sc.edu

Abstract

The first case of surface-initiated polymerization-induced self-assembly (SI-PISA) by polymerizing benzyl methacrylate from SiO₂-g-(PHEMA, CPDB) in methanol is reported. Hybrid nano-objects with string-shaped morphologies were obtained in one step.

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29 Jul 2016

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06 Aug 2016

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15 Aug 2016

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Polym. Chem., 2016,7, 5347-5350

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Surface-initiated polymerization-induced self-assembly of bimodal polymer-grafted silica nanoparticles towards hybrid assemblies in one step

Y. Zheng, Y. Huang, Z. M. Abbas and B. C. Benicewicz, Polym. Chem., 2016, 7, 5347

DOI: 10.1039/C6PY01319H

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