高分子修饰金纳米粒子的自组装研究进展

近年来,高分子修饰金纳米粒子的自组装行为逐渐成为新的研究热点.当金纳米粒子修饰上高分子后,在维持其自身光电特性的同时展现出了与高分子类似的自组装行为,从而能够在适当的条件下形成结构明确的零维、一维、二维和三维自组装结构.这些自组装结构的出现不仅促进了金纳米粒子组装的基础研究,并且极大地丰富了金纳米粒子的应用潜力,为金/高分子纳米复合材料的发展开拓了新的方向.本文总结了金/高分子纳米复合粒子形成的不同维度组装体,着重讨论了金纳米粒子自组装构筑单元的设计、组装方法以及组装体的性质,分类讨论了相应的自组装材料在环境和生物医药中的应用,并展望了相关研究在未来发展的机遇与挑战.     

纳米粒子的程序化自组装研究进展

纳米粒子的自组装作为自下而上构筑纳米组装结构的简便且高效的策略而受到广泛关注,但在组装结构的精准性、多样性以及可操控性等方面仍面临较大的挑战.纳米粒子的程序化自组装是指特定的纳米粒子基元按照预先编好的程序自发排列成位置和取向等空间排列方式受到精准调控的组装结构,其更强调任意构筑一系列符合预先设定结构的多种形式纳米粒子组装体.本文总结了应用于纳米粒子程序化自组装的四类常用策略,即类原子成键、区域选择性修饰、模板引导和物理场调控,着重评述了近年来该领域的一些重要进展,并对纳米粒子程序化自组装的未来发展做了展望.     

纳米材料的自组装研究进展

本文主要评述了近年来纳米材料自组装的研究进展，即对以纳米材料(包括零维的纳米粒子和一维的纳米管/线)为单元而开展的自组装方面的工作进行了介绍。将纳米材料自组装为各种尺度的有序结构会产生更优异的整体的协同性质，这对于以纳米材料为基础而构筑的微纳米器件有着重要的意义。由于目前纳米材料的研究主要集中在零维和一维体系，因此，本文分别就此两种体系的自组装行为进行了评述。具体内容包括：单分子层薄膜修饰的无机纳米粒子的自组装、大分子修饰的无机纳米粒子的自组装、未被修饰的无机纳米粒子的自组装；表面张力及毛细管力诱导的一维纳米材料的自组装、模板诱导的一维纳米材料的自组装、静电力诱导的一维纳米材料的自组装。     

纳米粒子微囊的界面自组装*

微囊是一类重要的功能性材料,在生物医药研究领域有重要用途。微囊的囊壁构建材料一般为脂质体和聚合物。以纳米粒子作为囊壁可将纳米粒子独特的物理化学性质整合到微囊中,使微囊具有机械强度高、渗透性可控、表面易于修饰和容易实现负载物的可控释放等特点,这种新型微囊在生物转运研究领域有潜在的应用前景。本文综述了以纳米粒子作为囊壁的微囊自组装研究进展,介绍了微囊自组装基本理论、囊壁的构建方法、微囊多分散性的改善方法,最后对纳米级微囊的自组装所面临的技术难点进行了讨论,并对纳米级微囊自组装的发展方向进行了展望。     

纳米粒子组装体系的研究进展

制备纳米粒子组装体系是构筑纳米结构的重要方法之一，本文综述了纳米粒子组装体系的制备方法及其性质和应用研究。     

二苯丙氨酸二肽微纳米结构的可控组装及应用

近年来,生物组装单元构筑微纳米结构的组装体在生物纳米技术等领域得到了广泛的研究。不同形貌的微纳米组装体可以通过生物分子的自组装这样快速、简便的方法获得。在众多肽基构筑基元中,二苯丙氨酸二肽及其衍生物作为一种生物活性的肽,具有生物兼容性好、容易化学修饰/生物功能化、制备简单等特点,是构筑微纳米结构材料时重要的生物基元之一。通过可控的方法组装,可以得到基于二苯丙氨酸及其衍生物的不同结构的组装体,他们在光学、机械工程、电化学传感检测等方面也具有广阔的应用前景。研究证明通过改变组装条件以及引入外源小分子等方法可以实现调控短肽的分子组装。本文综述了二苯丙氨酸二肽微纳米组装体的可控组装及他们在生物医学、生物传感、光电材料、光波导和催化等方面的应用。     

硫醇类配体修饰金纳米粒子在嵌段共聚物中自组装的研究进展

本文综述了不同类型硫醇配体修饰金纳米粒子的合成方法以及功能性金纳米粒子在嵌段共聚物薄膜中的自组装研究进展,重点介绍了硫醇类配体修饰金纳米粒子的合成方法,包括Brust合成法、原位合成法、grafting from合成法、配体置换法、单晶模板法等。总结了硫醇基小分子或聚合物配体修饰的金纳米粒子与嵌段共聚物之间自组装的调控方法,如利用配体与嵌段共聚物组分的隔离作用、配体与嵌段共聚物组分形成的氢键作用、溶剂蒸气退火或热退火等诱导嵌段共聚物/纳米粒子复合薄膜自组装。展望了功能性金纳米粒子以及嵌段共聚物/金纳米复合材料的发展方向。     

层层自组装修饰磁性纳米粒子及蛋白质吸附研究

采用层层自组装技术将聚天冬胺酸和聚乙二胺修饰到磁性纳米粒子表面上, 并研究了修饰后的磁性纳米粒子的zeta电势变化和对蛋白质的吸附. 先通过化学共沉淀的方法获得了四氧化三铁磁性纳米粒子, 然后利用层层自组装的方法对纳米粒子进行了修饰. 用TEM表征了纳米粒子的尺寸. 用红外光谱表征了修饰过程中磁性纳米粒子表面组成的变化情况. 研究了修饰过程对磁性纳米粒子的zeta电势的影响. zeta电势的正负和大小与表面连接的分子的带电性质有关. 磁性纳米粒子的等电点接近中性. 聚天冬胺酸修饰的磁性纳米粒子的Zeta电势为负值. 在聚乙二胺溶液的pH＝11时获得的双层修饰的磁性粒子的等电点接近9, 并且等电点随聚乙二胺溶液的pH的减小而减小. 结果也表明在pH＝7.4时具有不同表面电荷的磁性纳米粒子通过静电作用选择性地吸附蛋白质.     

配体链包覆纳米粒子的表面相分离及自组装的模拟研究

通过耗散粒子动力学方法,模拟了二元配体链包覆的纳米粒子表面的相分离行为,并与现有的模拟和实验体系进行对比.研究结果印证了相分离驱动力是配体链错位所导致的构象熵的结论.进一步以相分离得到的Janus和三嵌段Janus结构纳米粒子作为构筑单元,研究了其在选择性溶剂中的自组装行为.结果表明,Janus粒子易自组装成为双层囊泡结构,而三嵌段Janus粒子则更易形成单层囊泡结构.对于从配体链包覆的纳米粒子出发,设计具有特殊功能的囊泡提供了理论支持.     

基于不对称星形聚合物制备Janus杂化金纳米粒子

利用原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)和叠氮-炔基点击化学反应,对β-环糊精(β-CD)进行不对称改性,在其宽截面一侧聚合得到14条亲水性聚(N-异丙基丙烯酰胺)(PNIPAM)链,在其窄截面一侧偶联7个硫辛酸(LA)基元,得到不对称星形聚合物(LA)7-CD-(PNIPAM46)14,采用配体交换法以此聚合物对金纳米粒子进行表面修饰,得到表面具有不对称化学组成和亲疏水性的Janus杂化金纳米粒子(Au3.1-CD-(PNIPAM46)14),该两亲性Janus杂化金纳米粒子可以在选择性溶剂水中组装形成类似于胶束结构的球状组装体。     

Gold nanocomposites with rigid fully conjugated heteroditopic ligands shell as nanobuilding blocks for coordination chemistry

Monodisperse and solvent adaptable gold nanoparticles stabilized by rigid and fully conjugated modified neocuproinium and terpyridinium salts have been characterized and further used as nanobuilding blocks for the synthesis of gold nanoparticles functionalized by polypyridyl ruthenium complexes.     

Siloxane-Based Nanobuilding Blocks by Reaction Between Silanediol and Trifunctional Silicon Alkoxides

The preparation of nanostructured organic-inorganic materials by assembling of nanobuilding blocks allows controlling the extent of phase interaction, which in its turn governs structure-properties relationships. We present here the synthesis of siloxane-based nanobuilding blocks prepared by reacting diphenylsilanediol with vinyltriethoxysilane and triethoxysilane. The reaction products were obtained by non-hydrolytic condensation between silanediol and ethoxide groups in inert atmosphere, in the presence of pyridine, triethylamine or butyl lithium. Different synthetic conditions were examined by means of ATR-FTIR and NMR spectroscopies, showing the formation of siloxane bonds. In the case of triethoxysilane the reaction carried out in the presence of pyridine leads to Si–H bond preservation in the final product. Air stable products with improved Si–O–Si hydrolytic stability can be obtained by removal of the base after the reaction completion. The condensation products can be described as a mixture of siloxane rings involving difunctional and trifunctional silicon units.     

Preparation of nanocomposites of metals, metal oxides, and carbon nanotubes via self-assembly

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-based composites have attracted significant research interest in recent years, owing to their important applications in various technological fields. In this investigation, we describe a general approach to make CNTs-based nanocomposites via self-assembly. The method allows one to prepare binary composites as well as complex systems such as ternary or even quaternary composites where nanoparticles of active phases (e.g., metals and metal oxides) are used as primary building blocks. Six different kinds of binary, ternary, and quaternary nanocomposites, TiO2/CNTs, Co3O4/CNTs, Au/CNTs, Au/TiO2/CNTs, TiO2/Co3O4/CNTs, and Co/CoO/Co3O4/CNTs, have been reported herein in order to draw common features for various assembly schemes. To understand the interconnectivity between the active phases and CNTs, we have devised a range of experiments and examined the resultant samples with many instrumental techniques. On the basis of this work, we demonstrate that highly complex inorganic-organic nanohybrids with good controls in particle shape, size, and distribution can be fabricated from presynthesized nanobuilding units. Concerning their workability, we further show that self-assembled TiO2/CNTs are sufficiently robust and the electrochemical performance of TiO2 is significantly enhanced when it is used as a cathode material in Li-battery application.     

Controlled particle placement through convective and capillary assembly

A wide variety of methods are now available for the synthesis of colloidal particle having controlled shapes, structures, and dimensions. One of the main challenges in the development of devices that utilize micro- and nanoparticles is still particle placement and integration on surfaces. Required are engineering approaches to control the assembly of these building blocks at accurate positions and at high yield. Here, we investigate two complementary methods to create particle assemblies ranging from full layers to sparse arrays of single particles starting from colloidal suspensions of gold and polystyrene particles. Convective assembly was performed on hydrophilic substrates to create crystalline mono- or multilayers using the convective flow of nanoparticles induced by the evaporation of solvent at the three-phase contact line of a solution. On hydrophobic surfaces, capillary assembly was investigated to create sparse arrays and complex three-dimensional structures using capillary forces to trap and organize particles in the recessed regions of a template. In both methods, the hydrodynamic drag exerted on the particle in the suspension plays a key role in the assembly process. We demonstrate for the first time that the velocity and direction of particles in the suspension can be controlled to perform assembly or disassembly of particles. This is achieved by setting the temperature of the colloidal suspension above or below the dew point. The influence of other parameters, such as substrate velocity, wetting properties, and pattern geometry, is also investigated. For the particular case of capillary assembly, we propose a mechanism that takes into account the relative influences of these parameters on the motion of particles and that describes the influence of temperature on the assembly efficiency.     

Fabrication of ZnO "dandelions" via a modified Kirkendall process

We report that in addition to the fabrication of hollow nanomaterials, the Kirkendall-type diffusion can also be utilized in synthetic nanoarchitecture, through which low-dimensional nanobuilding blocks can be designed and organized chemically into complex geometrical conformations. Our approach may provide a new chemical alternative to materials self-organization. In principle, a great variety of inorganic "dandelions" and their nanocomposites can be tailored and fabricated through this type of total synthetic architecture.     

Plant viral capsids as nanobuilding blocks: construction of arrays on solid supports

The virions of Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV) can be regarded as programmable nanobuilding blocks with a diameter of approximately 28 nm. The particles display a number of features that can be exploited for nanoscale material fabrication. In this study we use the virus-derived building blocks for construction of arrays on solid supports. Biotin-modified CPMV particles are used with Streptavidin as a linker molecule in order to enable self-assembly of arrays from the surface up by a layer-by-layer approach. CPMV particles with different fluorescent labels, which enable differential detection of each layer, have been immobilized on surfaces and arranged in defined layers. This approach provides novel structured arrays which have the potential for development as functional devices at the nanoscale.     

Size-selective template-assisted electrophoretic assembly of nanoparticles for biosensing applications

The precise, size-selective assembly of nanoparticles gives rise to many applications where the assembly of nano building blocks with different biological or chemical functionalizations is necessary. We introduce a simple, fast, reproducible-directed assembly technique that enables a complete sorting of nanoparticles with single-particle resolution. Nanoparticles are size-selectively assembled into prefabricated via arrays using a sequential template-directed electrophoretic assembly method. Polystyrene latex (PSL) nanoparticles with diameters ranging from 200 to 50 nm are selectively assembled into vias comparable to nanoparticle diameter. We investigate the effects of particle size and via size on the sorting efficiency. We show that complete sorting can be achieved when the size of the vias is close to the diameter of the nanoparticles and the size distribution of the chosen nanoparticles does not overlap. The results also show that it is necessary to keep the electric field on during the insertion and removal of the template. To elucidate the versatility and nil effects that the electrophoresis assembly technique has on the assembled nanoparticle characteristics, we have assembled cancer-specific monoclonal antibody-2C5-coated nanoparticles and have also shown that they can successfully measure low concentrations of the nucleosome (NS) antigen.     

Novel spherical assembly of gold nanoparticles mediated by a tetradentate thioether

The ability to construct three- and two-dimensional architectures via nanoscale engineering is important for emerging applications of nanotechnology in sensors, catalysis, controlled drug delivery, microelectronics, and medical diagnostics. In this paper, we report novel 3D assembly using multidentate molecular building blocks. It is demonstrated that the interparticle linking of gold nanoparticles (3.7 nm core size) by a tetradentate thioether, tetra[(methylthio)methyl]silane, leads to the formation of a spherical assembly. The spherical size (30-80 nm diameter) is dependent on reaction time and relative ratio of the building blocks. The novelty of this approach is the viability of multidentate thioethers to link nanoparticles and produce spherical assemblies that can be readily assembled and disassembled. The spherical assembly can also be partially "melted" depending on the nature of interfacial interactions between the assembly and the substrate. These unusual morphological properties in shape and surface interaction and the intriguing assembling-disassembling capabilities may form the basis of designing and fabricating novel functional nanostructures.     

侧基含纳米构筑单元的甲壳型液晶高分子的多层次自组装

甲壳型液晶高分子可以呈现超分子柱或片层的链构象,因此可以作为超分子液晶基元形成多种液晶相态,如六方柱状相、柱状向列相、六方柱状向列相、近晶相等.将纳米构筑单元,如一维的二联苯、二维的苯并菲、三维的多面体低聚倍半硅氧烷(POSS)等,引入到甲壳型液晶高分子中,所得聚合物可以自组装形成在亚十纳米和近纳米尺度的多级有序结构.这些结构具有尺寸可控及单分散的优点,可望在有机光电、纳米多孔膜以及纳米光刻等领域有着广阔的应用前景.本文主要介绍了将二联苯、偶氮苯、棒状多苯结构、苯并菲和POSS基元引入到甲壳型液晶高分子中制备多级组装结构的相关工作.