Immobilization of semisoft colloidal crystals formed by polymer-brush-afforded hybrid particles
An immobilization technique for semisoft colloidal crystals, which are ordered arrays of polymer-brush-afforded hybrid particles synthesized by surface-initiated living radical polymerization (SI-LRP), is reported. Silica particles were first grafted with well-defined block copolymers of poly(methyl...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 30(2014), 25 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 7304-12 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article |
| Zusammenfassung: | An immobilization technique for semisoft colloidal crystals, which are ordered arrays of polymer-brush-afforded hybrid particles synthesized by surface-initiated living radical polymerization (SI-LRP), is reported. Silica particles were first grafted with well-defined block copolymers of poly(methyl methacrylate-co-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-b-poly(methyl methacrylate), P(MMA-co-HEMA)-b-PMMA by SI-LRP, which gave a graft density as high as 0.7 chains/nm(2). The HEMA units reacted with 2-isocyanatoethyl methacrylate to introduce vinyl groups at the outer layer of the polymer-brush shell. The modified hybrid particles formed a colloidal crystal in a solution containing a small amount of free polymers with vinyl groups. The colloidal crystal was photoirradiated in the presence of a photoradical initiator to immobilize it through a cross-linking reaction among the vinyl groups. The structural analyses of the colloidal crystals before and after the photoirradiation were carried out by confocal laser scanning microscopy; the results showed that the periodic structures of the crystals were maintained after immobilization |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 30.09.2015 Date Revised 02.07.2014 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la5011488 |