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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Functional Polymer-Opals from Core-Shell Colloids
Nadine MetzBirger LangeWolfgang TremelPatrick TheatoRudolf ZentelFriederike FleischhakerHeinz-christoph SchröderMuhammed Nawaz TahirWerner E.g. Müllersubject
chemistry.chemical_classificationMaterials sciencePolymers and Plasticsdigestive oral and skin physiologyOrganic ChemistryDispersityEmulsion polymerizationNanoreactorPolymerColloidal crystalchemistry.chemical_compoundMonomerchemistryChemical engineeringColloidal goldPolymer chemistryMaterials ChemistrySurface modificationdescription
Colloidal photonic crystals were prepared from monodisperse core-shell particles. The shell is hereby formed from a functional monomer, such as glycidylmethacrylate or different reactive ester monomers, which can perform chemical reactions and the core from a standard monomer, which yields highly monodisperse colloids. It was possible to crystallize the core-shell particles into artificial opals with excellent optical properties. Reactions on the functional surface of the colloids were carried out, which lead to a dramatic rise in the mechanical stability or to a functionalization of His-tagged silicatein, which acts as nanoreactor to synthesize and immobilize gold nanoparticles from auric acid onto the core-shell colloids.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-09-11 | Macromolecular Rapid Communications |