Two- and Three-Dimensional Network of Nanoparticles via Polymer-Mediated Self-Assembly

Mottakin M Abul Kashem; Debabrata Patra; Jan Perlich; André Rothkirch; Adeline Buffet; Stephan V Roth; Vincent M Rotello; Peter Müller-Buschbaum

doi:10.1021/mz200141q

Two- and Three-Dimensional Network of Nanoparticles via Polymer-Mediated Self-Assembly

ACS Macro Lett. 2012 Mar 20;1(3):396-399. doi: 10.1021/mz200141q. Epub 2012 Feb 27.

Authors

Mottakin M Abul Kashem^{1

2}, Debabrata Patra³, Jan Perlich², André Rothkirch², Adeline Buffet², Stephan V Roth², Vincent M Rotello³, Peter Müller-Buschbaum¹

Affiliations

¹ Physik-Department, Lehrstuhl für Funktionelle Materialien, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Str. 1, 85748 Garching, Germany.
² HASYLAB at Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestr. 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany.
³ Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, 1302-1314 LGRT, 710 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States.

PMID: 35578509
DOI: 10.1021/mz200141q

Abstract

We show a route to produce a two- and three-dimensional network of nanoparticles via polymer-mediated self-assembly. A negatively charged polymer, CO₂-functionalized poly (para-phenyleneethylene) (PPE-CO₂), is used to build this network of iron-platinum (Fe-Pt) nanoparticles. The nanoparticles arrange locally in hexagonal and cubic lattice type network structures. The size and form of the networks are characterized with atomic force microscopy (AFM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS). In thin film the network is perturbed due to the force field acting during spin coating.