title: Self-assembly of well-defined ferrocene triblock copolymers and their template synthesis of ordered iron oxide nanoparticles.
abstract: Well-defined ferrocene-containing triblock copolymers were synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization and self-assembled into highly ordered hexagonal arrays of cylinders via solvent annealing. The thin films were further used as a template and converted into highly ordered iron oxide nanoparticles (α-Fe2O3) by UV/ozonolysis and thermal pyrolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: Lixia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Shuguo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Chuanbing
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tang