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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chen, Cangyi
• Tang, Ping
• Qiu, Feng

Titel

Binary hairy nanoparticles: Recent progress in theory and simulations

Ist Teil von

• Journal of polymer science. Part B, Polymer physics, 2014-12, Vol.52 (24), p.1583-1599

Ort / Verlag

Hoboken, NJ: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

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Wiley Online Library All Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• ABSTRACT Binary polymer brushes, including mixed homopolymer brushes and diblock copolymer brushes, are an attractive class of environmentally responsive nanostructured materials. Owing to microphase separation of the two chemically distinct components in the brush, multifaceted nanomaterials with functionalized and patterned surfaces can be obtained. This review summarizes recent progress on the theory and simulations related to binary polymer brushes grafted to flat, spherical, and cylindrical substrates, with a focus on patterned morphologies of multifaceted hairy nanoparticles, an intriguing class of hybrid nanostructured particles (e.g., nanospheres and nanorods). In particular, powerful field theory and particle‐based simulations suitable for revealing novel structures on these patterned surfaces, including self‐consistent field theory and dissipative particle dynamics simulations, are emphasized. The unsolved yet critical issues in this research field, such as dynamic response of binary polymer brushes to environmental stimuli and the hierarchical self‐assembly of binary hairy nanoparticles, are briefly discussed. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2014, 52, 1583–1599 A new class of binary “hairy” particles can be obtained when polymer brushes with two chemically distinct components are grafted onto the particle surfaces. These particles not only offer novel properties, but also provide unique opportunities for advancing the fundamentals of polymer physics. This review summarizes recent progress on the theory and simulations related to binary polymer brushes grafted to flat, spherical, and cylindrical substrates, with a focus on patterned morphologies of multifaceted hairy nanoparticles.