N-Heterocyclic carbene-ended polymers as surface ligands of plasmonic metal nanoparticles
Srinivas Thanneeru, Kaitlynn M. Ayers, Murali Anuganti, Lei Zhang, Challa V. Kumar, Gaël Ung, Jie He
Abstract
A facile methodology to prepare N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-terminated polymers as surface ligands to functionalize gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is reported.
Topics & Concepts
CarbeneMaterials sciencePolymerNanoparticleMetalPlasmonColloidal goldNanotechnologySurface modificationChemical engineeringCombinatorial chemistryPolymer chemistryOrganic chemistryCatalysisComposite materialChemistryOptoelectronicsMetallurgyEngineeringN-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Organic and Inorganic ChemistryCatalytic Cross-Coupling ReactionsMicrowave-Assisted Synthesis and Applications