Preparation of transition metal nanoparticles and surfaces modified with (co)polymers synthesized by RAFT [electronic resource]

Imprint: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. ; Oak Ridge, Tenn. : distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2011

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Contributor: University of Southern Mississippi. Researcher; United States. Dept. of Energy. Sponsor; United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Distributor; McCormick, III, Charles L. (Hattiesburg, MS) Author; Lowe, Andrew B. (Hattiesburg, MS) Author; Sumerlin, Brent S. (Pittsburgh, PA) Author

Summary: A new, facile, general one-phase method of generating thiol-functionalized transition metal nanoparticles and surfaces modified by (co)polymers synthesized by the RAFT method is described. The method includes the steps of forming a (co)polymer in aqueous solution using the RAFT methodology, forming a colloidal transition metal precursor solution from an appropriate transition metal; adding the metal precursor solution or surface to the (co)polymer solution, adding a reducing agent into the solution to reduce the metal colloid in situ to produce the stabilized nanoparticles or surface, and isolating the stabilized nanoparticles or surface in a manner such that aggregation is minimized. The functionalized surfaces generated using these methods can further undergo planar surface modifications, such as functionalization with a variety of different chemical groups, expanding their utility and application.

Publication date: 2011
Note: Published through SciTech Connect.; 12/27/2011.; "8,084,558"; "US patent application 12/176,670"; McCormick, III, Charles L. (Hattiesburg, MS); Lowe, Andrew B. (Hattiesburg, MS); Sumerlin, Brent S. (Pittsburgh, PA).
Funding information: FC26-01BC15317