Supramolecular gold nanoparticle-polymer composites formed in water with cucurbit[8]uril
Roger J Coulston1, Samuel T Jones, Tung-Chun Lee
1Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK CB2 1EW.
Abstract:
A gold nanoparticle-polymer composite material has been prepared in water using cucurbit[8]uril as a supramolecular "handcuff" to hold together viologen-functionalised gold nanoparticles and a naphthol-functionalised acrylamide copolymer.
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