Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle System

One-pot strategy for the preparation of nanoparticles grafted with bimodal polymers: An in-silico insight
We introduce a novel one-pot strategy that integrates “grafting-to” and “grafting-from” methods to create polymer-grafted bimodal NPs.
Jinyuan Mao, Jiajia Zhou*, Hong Liu*
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One-pot strategy for the preparation of nanoparticles grafted with bimodal polymers: An in-silico insight
Self-limiting directional nanoparticle bonding governed by reaction stoichiometry
We show that for nanoparticles capped with complementary reactive polymers, a stoichiometric reaction leads to reorganization of the uniform ligand shell and self-limiting nanoparticle bonding, whereas electrostatic repulsion between colloidal bonds governs CM symmetry.
ChengLin Yi, Hong Liu, ShaoYi Zhang, YiQun Yang, Yan Zhang, Zhong-Yuan Lu, Eugenia Kumacheva*, Zhihong Nie*
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Self-limiting directional nanoparticle bonding governed by reaction stoichiometry
Distribution of the Number of Polymer Chains Grafted on Nanoparticles Fabricated by Grafting-to and Grafting-from Procedures
Polymer number distribution (PND) for polymer grafted nanoparticles (NPs) fabricated via the grafting-to technique can be described, without any fitting parameters, as a function of the conversion of polymer chains
Hong Liu,, Huan-Yu Zhao, Florian Müller-Plathe, Hu-Jun Qian, Zhao-Yan Sun, Zhong-Yuan Lu*
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Distribution of the Number of Polymer Chains Grafted on Nanoparticles Fabricated by Grafting-to and Grafting-from Procedures