Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Particles by Dendrimer Nanotemplating

Published

January 1, 2001

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

Pub Type

Conferences

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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 October 21, 2025)