Self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals: from intricate structures to functional materials

MA Boles, M Engel, DV Talapin - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

Polymer brushes: Synthesis, characterization, properties and applications

AM Bhayo, Y Yang, X He - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer brushes are thin polymer films in which the individual polymer chains are tethered
by one chain end to a solid interface. The bulk and solution properties of these highly …

Brush-modified materials: Control of molecular architecture, assembly behavior, properties and applications

J Yan, MR Bockstaller, K Matyjaszewski - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent progress in surface-initiated polymerization enables the deliberate polymer
modification of nanoscopic surfaces with high levels of precision. This has given rise to the …

Organic nanoparticles with tunable size and rigidity by hyperbranching and cross-linking using microemulsion ATRP

R Yin, J Tarnsangpradit, A Gul, J Jeong, X Hu… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Unlike inorganic nanoparticles, organic nanoparticles (oNPs) offer the advantage of “interior
tailorability,” thereby enabling the controlled variation of physicochemical characteristics and …

Effect of graft molecular weight and density on the mechanical properties of polystyrene-grafted cellulose nanocrystal films

JH Lettow, H Yang, PF Nealey, SJ Rowan - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymer-grafted nanoparticle (PGN) films were prepared from polystyrene (PS) grafted to
rodlike cellulose nanocrystals (MxG-CNC-g-PS) with a controllable grafting density (0.03 …

Topologically induced heterogeneity in gradient copolymer brush particle materials

Y Zhao, Z Wang, C Yu, H Wu, M Olszewski, R Yin… - …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A facile synthetic route toward silica brush particles with random and gradient copolymer
grafts comprised of n-butyl acrylate (BA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) using surface …

Control of Phase Morphology of Binary Polymer Grafted Nanoparticle Blend Films via Direct Immersion Annealing

W Wu, M Singh, A Masud, X Wang, A Nallapaneni… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
While the phase separation of binary mixtures of chemically different polymer-grafted
nanoparticles (PGNPs) is observed to superficially resemble conventional polymer blends …

Disentangling the role of chain conformation on the mechanics of polymer tethered particle materials

J Midya, Y Cang, SA Egorov, K Matyjaszewski… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The linear elastic properties of isotropic materials of polymer tethered nanoparticles (NPs)
are evaluated using noncontact Brillouin light spectroscopy. While the mechanical …

Structure–property relationships of polymer-grafted nanospheres for designing advanced nanocomposites

WR Lenart, MJA Hore - Nano-Structures & Nano-Objects, 2018 - Elsevier
Polymer-grafted nanoparticles are an important component of many classes of polymer
nanocomposites. Here, we review the structure of polymer brushes on spherical …

Materials by design for stiff and tough hairy nanoparticle assemblies

NK Hansoge, T Huang, R Sinko, W **a, W Chen… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Matrix-free polymer-grafted nanocrystals, called assembled hairy nanoparticles (aHNPs),
can significantly enhance the thermomechanical performance of nanocomposites by …