Synthesis and characterization of polystyrene chains on the surface of silica nanoparticles: Comparison of SANS, SAXS, and DLS results: Polystyrene chains on silica nanoparticle

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 291, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2087-2099

  Kim, Chang J ^a   Sondergeld, Katrin ^a   Mazurowski, Markus ^a   Gallei, Markus ^a   Rehahn, Matthias ^a   Spehr, Tinka ^a   Frielinghaus, Henrich ^b   Stühn, Bernd ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Julich Centre for Neutron Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

Grafting; Light scattering; Nanoparticle; Polymer conformation; Small angle scattering

Indexed keywords

GRAFTING DENSITIES; POLYMER CONFORMATION; POLYSTYRENE CHAINS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION; DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYSTYRENES; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; STYRENE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CHAINS;

NANOPARTICLE; POLYSTYRENE; SILICA NANOPARTICLE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFILTRATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84882453542     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-013-2923-z     Document Type: Article

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