A one-pot synthesis of polysulfane-bearing block copolymer nanoparticles with tunable size and refractive index

Jeewoo Lim; Yunshik Cho; Eun-Hye Kang; Sanghee Yang; Jeffrey Pyun; Tae-Lim Choi; Kookheon Char

doi:10.1039/c5cc08490c

A one-pot synthesis of polysulfane-bearing block copolymer nanoparticles with tunable size and refractive index

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Feb 11;52(12):2485-8. doi: 10.1039/c5cc08490c. Epub 2015 Dec 9.

Authors

Jeewoo Lim¹, Yunshik Cho, Eun-Hye Kang, Sanghee Yang, Jeffrey Pyun, Tae-Lim Choi, Kookheon Char

Affiliation

¹ The National Creative Research Initiative Center for Intelligent Hybrids, The WCU Program of Chemical Convergence for Energy & Environment, School of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea. khchar@plaza.snu.ac.kr.

PMID: 26649937
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc08490c

Abstract

A one-pot synthesis of sulfur-rich polymer nanoparticles through a ring-opening metathesis polymerization is reported. The nanoparticles are formed in situ from diblock copolymers containing a polynorbornene derivative bearing cyclic polysulfanes. The refractive indices of the resulting nanoparticles are readily controlled in the range from 1.54 to nearly 1.65.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.