Amphiphilic Gold Nanoparticles with V-Shaped Arms
Here we describe a very efficient method to produce well-defined amphiphilic gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) with an equal number of hydrophobic and hydrophilic arms which are distributed along the surface of a 2-nm gold core in an alternating fashion. The strategy involves direct coupling of V-shaped b...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of the American Chemical Society 2006-04, Vol.128 (15), p.4958-4959 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Here we describe a very efficient method to produce well-defined amphiphilic gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) with an equal number of hydrophobic and hydrophilic arms which are distributed along the surface of a 2-nm gold core in an alternating fashion. The strategy involves direct coupling of V-shaped block copolymer amphiphile 2 with a carboxylic group at its junction point to mercaptophenol-terminated Au NPs. The reaction proceeds under mild esterification conditions and yields the product with a molecular weight of 40 kDa, high grafting density (2.9 chains/nm2), and extremely low polydispersity (1.07). The big advantage of this approach is the opportunity to avoid the use of expensive and often inaccessible polymeric thiols. The method described here is applicable to any carboxyl-terminated molecules and can be used for the preparation of complex, yet well-defined, macromolecular hybrid structures such as 1 (Au(PB−PEG) n ). The new product, which was characterized by a combination of SEC, NMR, UV−vis, DLS, and TEM, represents a unique example of gold nanoparticles soluble in any conventional solvent. |
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ISSN: | 0002-7863 1520-5126 |
DOI: | 10.1021/ja060782h |