Preparation of Well-Defined Poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile)/ZnO Hybrid Nanoparticles by an Efficient Ligand Exchange Strategy

• Published in: Langmuir Vol. 32; no. 49; pp. 13207 - 13213
• Main Authors: Wang, Zongyu, Mahoney, Clare, Yan, Jiajun, Lu, Zhao, Ferebee, Rachel, Luo, Danli, Bockstaller, Michael R, Matyjaszewski, Krzysztof
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 13.12.2016
• Subjects: boiling point; Chemistry; electron transfer; ligands; Materials Science; molecular weight; nanoparticles; polymer nanocomposites; polymerization; polymers; transmission electron microscopy; zinc; zinc oxide

Poly­(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) (PSAN)-capped ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by a “ligand exchange” method. First, octylamine (OA)-capped ZnO NPs were prepared by reaction of OA and zinc 2-ethyl­hexanoate (Zn­(EH)2). Then PSAN polymer ligands were synthesized by activators regenerated by e...