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- Title
Functionalization of Planet-Satellite Nanostructures Revealed by Nanoscopic Localization of Distinct Macromolecular Species.
- Authors
Rossner, Christian; Roddatis, Vladimir; Lopatin, Sergei; Vana, Philipp
- Abstract
The development of a straightforward method is reported to form hybrid polymer/gold planet-satellite nanostructures (PlSNs) with functional polymer. Polyacrylate type polymer with benzyl chloride in its backbone as a macromolecular tracer is synthesized to study its localization within PlSNs by analyzing the elemental distribution of chlorine. The functionalized nanohybrid structures are analyzed by scanning transmission electron microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, and spectrum imaging. The results show that the RAFT (reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer) polymers' sulfur containing end groups are colocalized at the gold cores, both within nanohybrids of simple core-shell morphology and within higher order PlSNs, providing microscopic evidence for the affinity of the RAFT group toward gold surfaces.
- Subjects
NATURAL satellites; NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMERS; BENZYL chloride; CHLORINE
- Publication
Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2016, Vol 37, Issue 21, p1742
- ISSN
1022-1336
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1002/marc.201600480