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Functional Polymer‐Opals from Core–Shell Colloids
Author(s) -
Lange Birger,
Metz Nadine,
Tahir Muhammad Nawaz,
Fleischhaker Friederike,
Theato Patrick,
Schröder HeinzChristoph,
Müller Werner E. G.,
Tremel Wolfgang,
Zentel Rudolf
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.200700284
Subject(s) - dispersity , colloid , nanoreactor , materials science , monomer , polymer , surface modification , shell (structure) , chemical engineering , nanoparticle , nanotechnology , functional polymers , polymerization , polymer chemistry , composite material , engineering
Colloidal photonic crystals were prepared from monodisperse core–shell particles. The shell is hereby formed from a functional monomer, such as glycidylmethacrylate or different reactive ester monomers, which can perform chemical reactions and the core from a standard monomer, which yields highly monodisperse colloids. It was possible to crystallize the core–shell particles into artificial opals with excellent optical properties. Reactions on the functional surface of the colloids were carried out, which lead to a dramatic rise in the mechanical stability or to a functionalization of His‐tagged silicatein, which acts as nanoreactor to synthesize and immobilize gold nanoparticles from auric acid onto the core–shell colloids.