Preparation of organic/inorganic hybrid nanomaterials using aggregates of poly(stearyl methacrylate)-b-poly(3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl methacrylate) as precursor

Junfeng Zhou, Li Wang, Xiaochen Dong, Qiang Yang, Jianjun Wang, Haojie Yu, Xu Chen

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Abstract

A novel brush-type amphiphilic copolymer of PSMA-b-PTMSPMA was synthesized via ATRP technique. As-synthesized polymer was characterized by GPC and 1H NMR. It was of interest that the resultant polymer could self-assemble into micelles with different morphologies and sizes in selective solvents by adjusting the copolymer concentrations. These aggregates could be prepared into novel stable organic/inorganic hybrid nanomaterials by the gelation process. The size and structure of these aggregates and the corresponding hybrid nanomaterials were observed by TEM.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1736-1743
Number of pages8
JournalEuropean Polymer Journal
Volume43
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Block copolymer
  • Hybrid nanomaterials
  • Self-assembly

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