A General Approach to Synthesize Asymmetric Hybrid Nanoparticles by Interfacial Reactions

作者:He, Jie; Perez, Maria Teresa; Zhang, Peng; Liu, Yijing; Babu, Taarika; Gong, Jinlong*; Nie, Zhihong
来源:Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2012, 134(8): 3639-3642.
DOI:10.1021/ja210844h

摘要

Asymmetric multicomponent nanoparticles (AMNPs) offer new opportunities for new-generation materials with improved or new synergetic properties not found in their individual components. There is, however, an urgent need for a synthetic strategy capable of preparing hybrid AMNPs with fine-tuned structural and compositional complexities. Herein, we report a new paradigm for the controllable synthesis of polymer/metal AMNPs with well-controlled size, shape, composition, and morphology by utilizing interfacial polymerization. The hybrid AMNPs display a new level of structural architectural sophistication, such as controlled domain size and the number of each component of AMNPs. The approach is simple, versatile, cost-effective, and scalable for synthesizing large quantities of AMNPs. Our method may pave a new route to the design and synthesis of advanced breeds cif building blocks for functional materials and devices.