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Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Particles by Dendrimer Nanotemplating

Published

Author(s)

F Gruhn, Barry J. Bauer, Eric J. Amis

Abstract

Poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers are used to create organic-inorganic hybrid colloids in aqueous solution. The formation of gold colloids upon reduction of a gold salt precursor serves as a model reaction to study the influence of reaction conditions and dendrimer generation on the resulting nanostructures. Characterization of the hybrid particles by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), small angle neutron scattering (SANS), and small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) was performed. A transition is found from colloid stabilization by low molecular mass molecules to polymer nanotemplating with increasing dendrimer generation, i.e increasing molecular mass but constant chemistry of the stabilizing species.
Proceedings Title
Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Symposium | | Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials | Materials and Research Society
Volume
628
Conference Dates
April 24-28, 2000
Conference Location
San Francisco, CA
Conference Title
Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Keywords

dendrimer, gold, host-guest nanoscale synthesis, nanocrystal, nanotemplate, pair distance distribution function, small-angle neutron scattering, small-angle x-ray scattering, transmission electron microscopy

Citation

Gruhn, F. , Bauer, B. and Amis, E. (2001), Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Particles by Dendrimer Nanotemplating, Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Symposium | | Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials | Materials and Research Society, San Francisco, CA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=851709 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created December 31, 2000, Updated October 12, 2021