- Controlled Arrangement of Gold Nanoparticles on Planar Surfaces via Constrained Dewetting of Surface-Grafted RAFT Polymer.
Controlled Arrangement of Gold Nanoparticles on Planar Surfaces via Constrained Dewetting of Surface-Grafted RAFT Polymer.
Polymers (2020-05-30)
Katharina Hendrich, Wentao Peng, Philipp Vana
PMID32466607
ABSTRACT
Linear and four-arm star polystyrene samples prepared by RAFT polymerization were grafted to gold surfaces directly via their thiocarbonylthio-end groups. Nanoscale polymer patterns were subsequently formed via constrained dewetting. The patterned polymer films then served as a template for the precise arrangement of gold nanoparticles in a monolayer with a well-defined and regular structure. Using star polymers as a linker between the planar gold surface and the particles, the structural stability of the arranged particles can be further enhanced. The surface-bound nanocomposite films made of polymer and nanoparticles can also reversibly switch their nanostructures by simple wetting or dewetting treatment.
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