title: Crosslinked polymeric nanocapsules from polymer brushes grafted silica nanoparticles via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization.
abstract: The crosslinked polymeric nanocapsules with inner diameter of about 20-50nm were prepared successfully by the post-treatment of the poly(methyl acrylate) (PMA) brushes grafted silica nanoparticles (SN-PMA) produced with the surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP) technique. The PMA chains grafted were modified with amino groups by being treated with ethanediamine (EDA). Then the silica nanoparticles (SN) templates were removed by being etched with hydrofluoric acid (HF) to produce the crosslinked polymeric nanocapsules after the aminated poly(methyl acrylate) (APMA) chains on the SN templates were crosslinked with hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI). Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analyses were used to estimate the size of the polymeric nanocapsules.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry and Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Ruoping
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D049329:Nanostructures; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D012822:Silicon Dioxide