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Using Polystyrene-block-poly(acrylic acid)-coated Metal Nanoparticles as Monomers for Their Homo- and Co-polymerization
Published on: July 9, 2015
Copolymers of styrene and gold nanoparticles
Xiwen Zhang1, Li Liu, Jia Tian
1Department of Chemistry, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, China.
Abstract:
The use of stoichiometrically functionalized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as building units in polymerization reaction is described; the obtained copolymers, comprised of AuNPs and polystyrene, behave differently in various solvents, micellar structures with PS cores and AuNPs corona are obtained in water.

