Thermoresponsive AuNPs Stabilized by Pillararene-Containing Polymers

Xiaojuan Liao; Lei Guo; Junxia Chang; Sha Liu; Meiran Xie; Guosong Chen

doi:10.1002/marc.201500167

Thermoresponsive AuNPs Stabilized by Pillararene-Containing Polymers

Macromol Rapid Commun. 2015 Aug;36(16):1492-7. doi: 10.1002/marc.201500167. Epub 2015 Jun 1.

Authors

Xiaojuan Liao^{1

2}, Lei Guo¹, Junxia Chang¹, Sha Liu¹, Meiran Xie¹, Guosong Chen²

Affiliations

¹ School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.

PMID: 26033255
DOI: 10.1002/marc.201500167

Abstract

Pillararene-containing thermoresponsive polymers are synthesized via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization using pillararene derivatives as the effective chain transfer agents for the first time. These polymers can self-assemble into micelles and form vesicles after guest molecules are added. Furthermore, such functional polymers can be further applied to prepare hybrid gold nanoparticles, which integrate the thermoresponsivity of polymers and molecular recognition of pillararenes.

Keywords: gold nanoparticles; host-guest interaction; pillararene; supramolecular chemistry; thermoresponsive polymers.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Gold / chemistry
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Polymerization*
Polymers / chemical synthesis
Polymers / chemistry*
Temperature

Substances

Polymers
Gold