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End-Grafted Polymer Chains onto Inorganic Nano-Objects
Organic/inorganic nanohybrid materials have attracted particular scientific and technological interest because they combine the properties of the organic and the inorganic component. Inorganic nanoparticles exhibit interesting electrical, optical, magnetic and/or catalytic properties, which are rela...
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Molecular Diversity Preservation International
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5445879/ http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma3031981 |
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author | Achilleos, Demetra S. Vamvakaki, Maria |
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description | Organic/inorganic nanohybrid materials have attracted particular scientific and technological interest because they combine the properties of the organic and the inorganic component. Inorganic nanoparticles exhibit interesting electrical, optical, magnetic and/or catalytic properties, which are related with their nano-scale dimensions. However, their high surface-to-volume ratio often induces agglomeration and leads to the loss of their attractive properties. Surface modification of the inorganic nano-objects with physically or chemically end-tethered polymer chains has been employed to overcome this problem. Covalent tethered polymer chains are realized by three different approaches: the “grafting to”, the “grafting from” and the “grafting through” method. This article reviews the synthesis of end-grafted polymer chains onto inorganic nanoparticles using “controlled/living” polymerization techniques, which allow control over the polymer characteristics and the grafting density of the end-tethered polymer chains. |
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spelling | pubmed-54458792017-07-28 End-Grafted Polymer Chains onto Inorganic Nano-Objects Achilleos, Demetra S. Vamvakaki, Maria Materials (Basel) Review Organic/inorganic nanohybrid materials have attracted particular scientific and technological interest because they combine the properties of the organic and the inorganic component. Inorganic nanoparticles exhibit interesting electrical, optical, magnetic and/or catalytic properties, which are related with their nano-scale dimensions. However, their high surface-to-volume ratio often induces agglomeration and leads to the loss of their attractive properties. Surface modification of the inorganic nano-objects with physically or chemically end-tethered polymer chains has been employed to overcome this problem. Covalent tethered polymer chains are realized by three different approaches: the “grafting to”, the “grafting from” and the “grafting through” method. This article reviews the synthesis of end-grafted polymer chains onto inorganic nanoparticles using “controlled/living” polymerization techniques, which allow control over the polymer characteristics and the grafting density of the end-tethered polymer chains. Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2010-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5445879/ http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma3031981 Text en © 2010 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Achilleos, Demetra S. Vamvakaki, Maria End-Grafted Polymer Chains onto Inorganic Nano-Objects |
title | End-Grafted Polymer Chains onto Inorganic Nano-Objects |
title_full | End-Grafted Polymer Chains onto Inorganic Nano-Objects |
title_fullStr | End-Grafted Polymer Chains onto Inorganic Nano-Objects |
title_full_unstemmed | End-Grafted Polymer Chains onto Inorganic Nano-Objects |
title_short | End-Grafted Polymer Chains onto Inorganic Nano-Objects |
title_sort | end-grafted polymer chains onto inorganic nano-objects |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5445879/ http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma3031981 |
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