Click chemistry as a route to surface functionalization of polymer particles dispersed in aqueous media.
Proof-of-principle studies are described which show unequivocally that Huisgen click coupling can be performed successfully at the surface of polymer nano/submicron-size particles dispersed in aqueous media, thereby defining a generic strategy for attachment of a wide variety of functional molecules and providing a powerful, versatile route for the synthesis of surface functional particles.
Materials Science Centre, School of Materials, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Craig Edward
CE
Evans
Peter Alfred
PA
Lovell
D015394:Molecular Structure; D010316:Particle Size; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
D011108:Polymers