Supramolecular gold nanoparticle-polymer composites formed in water with cucurbit[8]uril

Roger J Coulston; Samuel T Jones; Tung-Chun Lee; Eric A Appel; Oren A Scherman

doi:10.1039/c0cc03250f

Supramolecular gold nanoparticle-polymer composites formed in water with cucurbit[8]uril

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jan 7;47(1):164-6. doi: 10.1039/c0cc03250f. Epub 2010 Sep 14.

Authors

Roger J Coulston¹, Samuel T Jones, Tung-Chun Lee, Eric A Appel, Oren A Scherman

Affiliation

¹ Melville Laboratory for Polymer Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, UK CB2 1EW.

PMID: 20842297
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc03250f

Abstract

A gold nanoparticle-polymer composite material has been prepared in water using cucurbit[8]uril as a supramolecular "handcuff" to hold together viologen-functionalised gold nanoparticles and a naphthol-functionalised acrylamide copolymer.

MeSH terms

Bridged-Ring Compounds / chemistry*
Gold / chemistry*
Imidazoles / chemistry*
Macromolecular Substances / chemistry
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Models, Molecular
Molecular Structure
Particle Size
Polymers / chemistry*
Solubility
Water / chemistry*

Substances

Bridged-Ring Compounds
Imidazoles
Macromolecular Substances
Polymers
cucurbit(8)uril
Water
Gold