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Multifunctional Hybrid Polymer‐Based Porous Materials
Author(s) -
Lee Anna,
Dubinsky Stanislav,
Tumarkin Ethan,
Moulin Mathieu,
Beharry Andrew A.,
Kumacheva Eugenia
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201002453
Subject(s) - materials science , polymer , nanotechnology , polymerization , nanorod , raman scattering , nanoparticle , porosity , fabrication , hybrid material , surface modification , chemical engineering , raman spectroscopy , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , engineering , pathology , optics , composite material
Polymer‐based porous hybrid materials (PHMs) carrying inorganic nanoparticles on the surface of pores have important applications in chemical and biological sensing, in chromatography, and in heterogeneous catalysis. This Feature Article provides an overview of the recent developments in the synthesis and fabrication of multifunctional PHMs using polymerization‐induced phase separation. Exemplary applications of a PHM coated with gold nanorods were demonstrated for the simultaneous detection of different analytes using surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy.