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Jin Han1,2, Yue Zhai1, Zongyu Wang3
1Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.
Abstract:
A facile synthetic method was developed to prepare sub-5 nm organo-silica (oSiO2) nanoparticles through the self-condensation of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)-initiator-containing silica precursors. The obtained oSiO2 nanoparticles were characterized by a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). The accessibility of the surface-Br initiating sites was evaluated by the polymerization of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) ligands from the surface of the oSiO2 nanoparticles using surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP). The ultrasmall size, tunable composition, and ease of surface modification may render these organo-silica nanoparticle systems with built-in SI-ATRP capability an interesting alternative to conventional silica nanoparticles for functional material design.
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