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Direct Synthesis of Anisotropic Polymer Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
He Tao,
Adams Dave J.,
Butler Michael F.,
Yeoh Chert Tse,
Cooper Andrew I.,
Rannard Steven P.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200703348
Subject(s) - dumbbell , monomer , polymer , nanoparticle , polymerization , anisotropy , nanotechnology , atom transfer radical polymerization , materials science , atom (system on chip) , range (aeronautics) , chemical engineering , computer science , physics , engineering , composite material , optics , embedded system , medicine , physical therapy
No (self‐)assembly required : Both spherical and anisotropic “dumbbell” polymer nanoparticles with targeted shapes in the <100‐nm size range were prepared by direct synthesis not relying on self‐assembly. Atom‐transfer polymerization techniques at high concentrations produce both spherical and dumbbell‐like nanoparticles directly from simple vinyl monomers on a multigram scale.