title: Shell cross-linked cylinders of polyisoprene-b-ferrocenyldimethylsilane: formation of magnetic ceramic replicas and microfluidic channel alignment and patterning.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanostructured Inorganic and Polymeric Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6.
authors.forename: Xiao-Song
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arsenault
authors.forename: Geoffrey A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ozin
authors.forename: Mitchell A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Winnik
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Manners