Abstract
Spherical hybrid 149 ± 44 nm-sized silica-carbazole (Cbz) nanoparticles (H-SiO2-g-Cbz2% NPs) were prepared using the basic hydrolysis of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) and of a bifunctional N-carbazolyl-(3-(triethoxysilyl)propyl)butanamide silane in W/O micro-emulsion conditions. In a 2nd step, surface-localized heterocyclic Cbz groups acted as nucleophilic attachment species towards a polyCOOH poly(dicarbazole- lysine) polymer adlayer generated oxidatively. This sequential process that used an intermediate "nucleophilic nanomaterial phase" resulted in spherical 454 ± 136 nm-sized composite particles possessing a core-shell morphology engineered by design.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 268-273 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Materials Chemistry |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2009 |