Polymer Chemistry

Environmentally Responsive “Hairy” Nanoparticles

the nanoparticles response to different solvents! How? An asymmmetric difunctional initiator, “Y-silane” is designed and synthesized. “Y-silane” combines the initiators for both ATRP and NMRP together, as well as a silane group which can immobilize the “Y” difunctional initiator on the surface of silica nanoparticles. Once the Y-initiator-terminated self-assembled monolayer (Y-SAM) forms on the nanoparticle surface, two... »