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Center for the Integration of Nanoscale COmponents

 

 

    Center for the Integration of 

   Nanoscale COmponents

 

 

NSF-DMR 0210247

One-, Two-, and Three-dimensional Superstructured Materials from Well-defined, Complex Nanoscale Components

We propose to develop synthetic strategies and characterization protocols for the production and study of one-, two- and three-dimensional superstructures composed of stabilized nanoparticle assemblies. Our synthetic approach involves the systematic ordering, in solution and on substrates, of crosslinked assemblies of copolymers, as robust core-shell building blocks, to manufacture 1-dimensional meso-scale (~100 nm to ~1 mm), 2-dimensional micro-scale (~1 mm to ~100 mm) and 3-dimensional macro-scale (>100 mm) objects, each comprised of nanoscopic building blocks. The result will be the creation of entirely unique composite morphologies that are not accessible in the phase diagrams of the copolymers directly. This strategy mimics the control of chemistry at the nanometer scale that is currently the exclusive province of living systems.

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M. E. Mackay, "Dendrimers, nanodevices to create unique phenomena," Comptes Rendus Chimie, 6 (2003) 747-754.
M. E. Mackay, T. T. Dao, A. Tuteja, D. L. Ho, B. Van Horn, H.-C. Kim and C. J. Hawker, "Nanoscale effects leading to non-Einstein-like decrease in viscosity," Nature Materials, 2 (2003) 762-766.
M. E. Mackay, J. Laruffa, R. S. Krishnan, H. C. J. and B. Van Horn, "Surface properties of nanoparticle - linear polymer blends," Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 88 (2003) 555.
B. M. Tande, N. J. Wagner and M. E. Mackay, "Phase behavior of hybrid dendron-linear copolymers and blends with linear homopolymer," Comptes Rendus Chimie, 6 (2003) 853-864.
Jeffrey Pyun, Xian-Zhi Zhou, Eric Drockenmuller and Craig J. Hawker, “Macromolecules of Controlled Architecture”, J. Mater. Chem., 13 (2003) 2653-2660.
Pyun J, Rees I, Frechet JMJ, Hawker CJ, ”Evaluating the effect of termination by chain-chain coupling in living free-radical polymerizations”, Aust. J. Chem., 56 (2003) 775-782, 2003.
Huang, H.; Kowalewski, T.; Wooley, K. L. “Nanodroplets of Polyisoprene Fluid Contained Within Poly(acrylic acid-co-acrylamide) Shells”, J. Polym. Sci., Part A:  Polym. Chem. 41 (2003) 1659-1668.
“Lack of OH in nanocrystalline apatite as a function of degree of atomic order:  Implications for bone and biomaterials,” J.D.  Pasteris, B. Wopenka, J.J. Freeman, K. Rogers, E, Valsami-Jones, J.A.M. van der Houwen, and M.J. Silva, Biomaterials, 25 (2004) 229-238.
Joralemon, M. J.; Murthy, K. S.; Remsen, E. E.; Becker, M. L.; Wooley, K. L. “Synthesis, Characterization, and Bioavailability of Mannosylated Shell Crosslinked Nanoparticles”, Biomacromolecules  5 (2004) 903-913.
Qi, K.; Ma, Q.; Remsen, E. E.; Clark, C. G., Jr.; Wooley, K. L. “Determination of the Bioavailability of Biotin Conjugated onto Shell Crosslinked (SCK) Nanoparticles”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 126 (2004) 6599-6607

 

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