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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Thermoresponsive Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Does Core Size Matter?

Martina Schroffenegger, Erik Reimhult

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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2 authors.

Martina SchroffeneggerUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Muthgasse 11, 1190 Vienna, Austria. martina.schroffenegger@boku.ac.at.
Erik ReimhultUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Muthgasse 11, 1190 Vienna, Austria. erik.reimhult@boku.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0003-1417-5576

Funding

Austrian Science Fund P 28190-N28
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanoparticles grafted with a dense brush of hydrophilic polymers exhibit high colloidal stability. However, reversible aggregation can be triggered by an increase in temperature if the polymer is thermoresponsive, as the polymer shell partly loses its hydration. We investigate the role of nanoparticle curvature on the critical solution temperature (CST) of grafted poly(2-isopropyl-2-oxazoline) (PiPOx) and critical flocculation temperature (CFT) of the core-shell nanoparticle dispersion. Cores with diameters ranging from 5 to 21 nm were studied by temperature-cycled dynamic light scattering and differential scanning calorimetry over a large range of concentrations. We show that core size and curvature only have a minor influence on particle aggregation (CFT and cluster size), while they have major influence on the CST of the polymer shell. The densely grafted shells exhibit three distinct solvation transitions, the relative contributions of each is controlled by the core curvature. We link these transitions to different polymer density regimes within the spherical brush and demonstrate that the CST of the innermost part of the brush coincides with the CFT of the particle dispersion.

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core-shell nanoparticlecritical flocculation temperature (CFT)dynamic light scattering (DLS)dynamic scanning calorimetry (DSC)lower critical solution temperature (LCST)poly(2-isopropyl-2-oxazoline) (PiPOx)reversible nanoparticle aggregationsize and curvature dependencespherical polymer brush shellsuperparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION)thermoresponsive polymer

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PMID30205481
PMCPMC6163620

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