Shell cross-linked cylinders of polyisoprene-b-ferrocenyldimethylsilane: formation of magnetic ceramic replicas and microfluidic channel alignment and patterning.
Stable organometallic cylindrical nanostructures have been prepared by shell cross-linking of PI320-b-PFS53 wormlike micelles in hexane through metal-catalyzed hydrosilylation at 23 degrees C. The cross-linked structures permit the formation of cylindrical ceramic replicas containing size- and separation-tunable arrays of Fe nanoclusters. In addition, microfluidic alignment of the cross-linked cylinders was possible.
Wang
Xiao-Song
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Center for Nanostructured Inorganic and Polymeric Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6.
Arsenault
André
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Ozin
Geoffrey A
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Winnik
Mitchell A
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Manners
Ian
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