Modular Attachment of Nanoparticles on Microparticle Supports via Multifunctional Polymers
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Date
2023-05-09Type
- Journal Article
Abstract
Nanoparticles are key to a range of applications, due to the properties that emerge as a result of their small size. However, their size also presents challenges to their processing and use, especially in relation to their immobilization on solid supports without losing their favorable functionalities. Here, we present a multifunctional polymer-bridge-based approach to attach a range of presynthesized nanoparticles onto microparticle supports. We demonstrate the attachment of mixtures of different types of metal-oxide nanoparticles, as well as metal-oxide nanoparticles modified with standard wet chemistry approaches. We then show that our method can also create composite films of metal and metal-oxide nanoparticles by exploiting different chemistries simultaneously. We finally apply our approach to the synthesis of designer microswimmers with decoupled mechanisms of steering (magnetic) and propulsion (light) via asymmetric nanoparticle binding, aka Toposelective Nanoparticle Attachment. We envision that this ability to freely mix available Nanoparticle ability freely nanoparticles to produce composite films will help bridge the fields of catalysis, nanochemistry, and active matter toward new materials and applications. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000613514Publication status
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Journal / series
Chemistry of MaterialsVolume
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Publisher
American Chemical SocietyOrganisational unit
09455 - Isa, Lucio / Isa, Lucio
Funding
190735 - Microrobots Meet Photocatalytic Water Splitting (SNF)
101001514 - Active and Adaptive: Reconfigurable Active Colloids with Internal Feedback and Communication Schemes (EC)
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