title: Surfactant Behavior of Amphiphilic Polymer-Tethered Nanoparticles.
abstract: In recent years, an emerging research area has been the surfactant behavior of polymer-tethered nanoparticles. In this feature article, we have provided a general introduction to the synthesis, self-assembly, and interfacial activity of polymer-tethered inorganic nanoparticles, polymer-tethered organic nanoparticles, and polymer-tethered natural nanoparticles. In addition, applications of the polymer-tethered nanoparticles in colloidal and materials science are briefly reviewed. All research demonstrates that amphiphilic polymer-tethered nanoparticles exhibit surfactant behavior and can be used as elemental building blocks for the fabrication of advanced structures by the self-assembly approach. The polymer-tethered nanoparticles provide new opportunities to engineer materials and biomaterials possessing specific functionality and physical properties.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Hanying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D006046:Gold; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D011506:Proteins; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D006046:Gold; D004247:DNA