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Botryoid‐Shaped Reactive Nanoparticles through Spontaneous Structural Reorganization of Terpolymer Micelles
Author(s) -
Deng Junjie,
Cai Yuanli
Publication year - 2013
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.201300474
Subject(s) - copolymer , micelle , nanoparticle , materials science , nanostructure , nanotechnology , chemical engineering , polymer , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , aqueous solution , engineering
Botryoid‐shaped reactive terpolymer nanoparticles, whose aldehyde‐functional living domains are miniaturized into small‐sized discrete “grapes” and attached onto the outwardly‐branched scaffolds of fluorinated segments, are reported. These nanostructures can be fabricated by spontaneous structural reorganization of core–shell terpolymer micelles simply by manipulating drying conditions. The miniaturized discrete living domains are stabilized by outwardly‐branched scaffolds and exhibit excellent accessibility to solution media, thus can effectively respond to solution media, which is desired in sensor‐related applications.