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A Versatile Synthetic Approach to Covalent Binding of Polymer Brushes on CdSe/CdS Quantum Dots Surface: Multitype Modification of Nanocrystals
Author(s) -
Guan Xiaolin,
Fan Hongting,
Jia Tianming,
Zhang Donghai,
Zhang Yang,
Lei Ziqiang,
Lai Shoujun
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201500323
Subject(s) - polymer chemistry , polymer , surface modification , materials science , methyl methacrylate , radical polymerization , monomer , polystyrene , covalent bond , acrylic acid , polymerization , nanoparticle , methacrylate , nanocomposite , vinyl acetate , acrylate , copolymer , chemical engineering , chemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , composite material , engineering
A novel and versatile approach to the preparation of multitype polymers brushes on the quantum dots surface is reported. In this method, an azo initiator is first immobilized covalently onto CdSe/CdS particle surface by reacting with the 4,4′‐Azobis (4‐cyanovaleric acid) through an ester linkage. CdSe/CdS nanoparticles with polymer brushes (CdSe/CdS‐polymers) of different properties, including hydrophilic polyacrylamide, poly(acrylic acid), and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone); hydrophobic oleophilic poly(vinyl acetate), poly(methyl acrylate), and poly(methyl methacrylate); polystyrene with conjugate group; and polyacrylonitrile with strong polarity group, are synthesized by one approach (the surface‐initiated radical polymerization technique), respectively. The structures and properties of CdSe/CdS‐polymers reveal that the CdSe/CdS‐azo initiator has excellent ability to initiate various kinds of vinyl monomers and these synthetic CdSe/CdS‐polymers exhibit good stability and can emit multiple colors from the emission 405 to 569 nm. Moreover, CdSe/CdS‐polymers brushes show characteristic micromorphologies. Such strategy provides a platform to achieve nanocomposites with different properties by a new CdSe/CdS‐azo initiator through the simple conventional radical polymerization technique. Besides, the synthetic approach gives access to multitype modification of different nanoparticles with polymers.