AuNPs/colloidal polymers

Owing to the simphcity and versatility of surface-initiated ATRP, the above-mentioned AuNP work may be extended to other particles for their two- or three-dimensionally ordered assemblies with a wide controllabiUty of lattice parameters. In fact, a dispersion of monodisperse SiPs coated with high-density PMMA brushes showed an iridescent color, in organic solvents (e.g., toluene), suggesting the formation of a colloidal crystal [108]. To clarify this phenomenon, the direct observation of the concentrated dispersion of a rhodamine-labeled SiP coated with a high-density polymer brush was carried out by confocal laser scanning microscopy. As shown in Fig. 23, the experiment revealed that the hybrid particles formed a wide range of three-dimensional array with a periodic structure. This will open up a new route to the fabrication of colloidal crystals. 

H-bond-driven aggregation has also played an important role in the development of directed NP and colloid assembly. An early publication by Rotello and co-workers describes the use of the plug-and-play polymer system of PS copolymers bearing DAP units to bind AuNPs functionalized with complementary Thy moieties through specific three-point... 

The samples were modified in direct (glow, diode) Ar plasma on Balzers SCD 050 device under the conditions presented in 2.3.1. Immediately after the plasma treatment the samples were inserted into water solution (2 wt. %) of 2-mercaptoethanol (ME), methanol solution (5.10 mol/dm ) of biphenyl-4,4 -dithiol (BPD) or into water solution (2 wt.%) of cysteamine (CYST) for 24 hours. To coat the polymers with the gold nanoobjects the plasma treated pol)rmers with grafted thiols were immersed for 24 hours into freshly prepared colloidal citrate stabilized solution of Au nanoparticles (AuNPs), [44,46] or Au nanorods (AuNR), 0.1 mol/dm water solution of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide). 

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