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Cover Picture: Crosslinked Nanoparticle Stripes and Hexagonal Networks Obtained via Selective Patterning of Block Copolymer Thin Films (Adv. Mater. 18/2005)
Author(s) -
Shenhar R.,
Jeoung E.,
Srivastava S.,
Norsten T. B.,
Rotello V. M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200590094
Subject(s) - copolymer , materials science , nanoparticle , thin film , polystyrene , nanotechnology , template , hexagonal crystal system , terpyridine , methyl methacrylate , self assembly , nanostructure , methacrylate , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , composite material , crystallography , metal , polymer , chemistry , engineering , metallurgy
The construction and fixation of ordered nanoparticle arrays allow not only the exploitation of the array's collective physical properties but also the possibility of manipulating discrete aggregates within a larger‐scale assembly scheme. A simple approach utilizing block copolymer thin films as templates and coordination chemistry as a mild crosslinking mechanism is reported by Shenhar, Rotello, and co‐workers on p. 2206. The cover image (by Nicholas Fischer) shows terpyridine‐functionalized gold nanoparticles organized in stripes on top of a microphase‐separated thin film of polystyrene‐ block ‐poly(methyl methacrylate) and crosslinked thorough the formation of iron–bisterpyridine complexes.