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Encapsulation of Single Small Gold Nanoparticles by Diblock Copolymers
Author(s) -
Chen Hong Y.,
Abraham Sinoj,
Mendenhall Juana,
Delamarre Soazig C.,
Smith Kahli,
Kim Il,
Batt Carl A.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200700598
Subject(s) - copolymer , nanoparticle , amphiphile , micelle , encapsulation (networking) , biomolecule , nanotechnology , molecule , chemistry , polymer , materials science , organic chemistry , aqueous solution , computer science , computer network
Hairy micelles are obtained by using amphiphilic diblock copolymers with long hydrophilic blocks which favor single encapsulation of Au nanoparticles (ca. 5 nm, see figure). Antibody molecules can be attached to the hydrogel layers of the encapsulated Au nanoparticles to give nanoparticle/biomolecule conjugates.