Title
Polymer Stereocomplexation as a Scalable Platform for Nanoparticle Assembly
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-29-2020
Abstract
DNA-mediated assembly of inorganic particles has demonstrated to be a powerful approach for preparing nanomaterials with a range of interesting optical and electrical properties. Building on this inspiration, we describe a generalizable gram-scale method to assemble nanoparticles through the formation of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) triple-helices. In this work, alkene-terminated (-) and (-) PMMA polymers were prepared and subsequently functionalized to afford nanoparticle ligands. Nanoparticles with complementary - and -PMMA ligands could then be spontaneously assembled upon mixing at room temperature. This process was robust and fully reversible through multiple heating and cooling cycles. The versatility of PMMA stereocomplexation was highlighted by assembling hybrid structures composed of nanoparticles of different compositions (e.g., Au and quantum dots) and shapes (e.g., spheres and rods). These initial demonstrations of nanoparticle self-assembly from inexpensive PMMA-based materials present an attractive alternative to DNA-based nanomaterials.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Journal of the American Chemical Society
First Page
1667
Last Page
1672
Recommended Citation
Abdilla, A., Dolinski, N. D., de Roos, P., Ren, J. M., van der Woude, E., Seo, S. E., Zayas, M. S., Lawrence, J., Read de Alaniz, J., & Hawker, C. J. (2020). Polymer Stereocomplexation as a Scalable Platform for Nanoparticle Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142 (4), 1667-1672. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b10156