Journal
NANOMATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano11092453
Keywords
hybrid materials; non-aggregated nanoparticles; grafting from method; X-ray scattering; neutron scattering; star polymers
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- CNRS
- Region Alsace [565-08C]
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In this study, a three-step synthesis method was used to prepare non-aggregated iron oxide nanoparticles with polystyrene or polymethyl methacrylate shells. After polymerization, the overall diameter increased to 60 nm, exhibiting similar solution behavior and rheological properties in the molten state as star polymers. Strategies to enhance the screening of nanoparticle cores with polymer shells were discussed.
Embedding nanoparticles (NPs) with organic shells is a way to control their aggregation behavior. Using polymers allows reaching relatively high shell thicknesses but suffers from the difficulty of obtaining regular hybrid objects at gram scale. Here, we describe a three-step synthesis in which multi-gram NP batches are first obtained by thermal decomposition, prior to their covalent grafting by an atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) initiator and to the controlled growing of the polymer shell. Specifically, non-aggregated iron oxide NPs with a core principally composed of gamma-Fe2O3 (maghemite) and either polystyrene (PS) or polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) shell were elaborated. The oxide cores of about 13 nm diameter were characterized by dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). After the polymerization, the overall diameter reached 60 nm, as shown by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). The behavior in solution as well as rheological properties in the molten state of the polymeric shell resemble those of star polymers. Strategies to further improve the screening of NP cores with the polymer shells are discussed.
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