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Colloidal Analogues of Charged and Uncharged Polymer Chains with Tunable Stiffness
Author(s) -
Vutukuri Hanumantha Rao,
Demirörs Ahmet Faik,
Peng Bo,
van Oostrum Peter D. J.,
Imhof Arnout,
van Blaaderen Alfons
Publication year - 2012
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.201202592
Subject(s) - colloid , polymer , flexibility (engineering) , chain (unit) , stiffness , linkage (software) , chemistry , materials science , chemical physics , side chain , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , physics , composite material , engineering , biochemistry , statistics , mathematics , astronomy , gene
Yanking the chain : A general method for the preparation of colloidal analogues of polymer chains was developed (see picture). The flexibility of these chains can be tuned by applying electric fields in combination with their subjection to simple linkage‐forming procedures.