One-step fabrication of silver nanoparticle embedded polymer nanofibers by radical-mediated dispersion polymerization.
Silver nanoparticle embedded poly(vinyl alcohol)-poly(methyl methacrylate) nanofibers, ca. 30 nm in diameter and ca. 60 microm in length, were fabricated by one-step radical-mediated dispersion polymerization using 2,2'-azobis(isobutyronitrile) to reduce the silver ions. In this methodology, PVA acted both as a gelator to form the nanofibers and as a stabilizer to protect the silver clusters from sintering.
Kong
Hyeyoung
H
Hyperstructured Organic Materials Research Center and School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Shinlimdong 56-1, Seoul, 151-742, Korea.
Jang
Jyongsik
J
D008689:Methacrylates / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures; D036103:Nanotechnology; D009570:Nitriles / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol / Q000737:chemistry*; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*
D008689:Methacrylates; D009570:Nitriles; D011108:Polymers; D012834:Silver; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol; C004526:azobis(isobutyronitrile)