Issue 6, 2014

AuCl4-responsive self-assembly of ionic liquid block copolymers for obtaining composite gold nanoparticles and polymeric micelles with controlled morphologies

Abstract

The double hydrophilic ionic liquid block copolymer (ILBC), poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly[1-methyl-3-(2-methacryloyloxy propylimidazolium bromine)] (PEG113-b-PMMPImB24), was synthesized through RAFT polymerization of 1-methyl-3-(2-methacryloyloxy propylimidazolium bromine) using PEG-CTA as a chain transfer agent. Directly interacting with AuCl4 in aqueous solutions, the micellization of self-assembling PEG113-b-PMMPImB24 was induced via the anion responsive properties of the ILBC. Then, the composites of polymeric micelle encapsulated gold nanoparticles (GNPs) were successively obtained by the reduction of AuCl4in situ. At a lower molar ratio of AuCl4 to imidazolium, the obvious vesicle structures of the polymeric micelles with AuCl4 and the composites with GNPs were formed and the distribution of GNPs in the polymersome walls appeared to be uniform in size. The spherical micelles with highly packed GNPs were also obtained by increasing the content of AuCl4. These results indicate that the unique chemical and physical properties of PILs in the micellar core can control the micellar morphology and the distribution of GNPs in a confined space.

Graphical abstract: AuCl4−-responsive self-assembly of ionic liquid block copolymers for obtaining composite gold nanoparticles and polymeric micelles with controlled morphologies

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Jan 2014
Accepted
11 Mar 2014
First published
13 Mar 2014

New J. Chem., 2014,38, 2508-2513

AuCl4-responsive self-assembly of ionic liquid block copolymers for obtaining composite gold nanoparticles and polymeric micelles with controlled morphologies

J. Li, J. Liang, W. Wu, S. Zhang, K. Zhang and H. Zhou, New J. Chem., 2014, 38, 2508 DOI: 10.1039/C4NJ00128A

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