TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lutze, Jana
A1  - Bañares, Miguel A.
A1  - Pita, Marcos
A1  - Haase, Andrea
A1  - Luch, Andreas
A1  - Taubert, Andreas
T1  - alpha-((4-Cyanobenzoyl)oxy)-omega-methyl poly(ethylene glycol)
BT  - a new stabilizer for silver nanoparticles
JF  - Beilstein journal of nanotechnology
N2  - The article describes the synthesis and properties of alpha-((4-cyanobenzoyl)oxy)-omega-methyl poly(ethylene glycol), the first poly(ethylene glycol) stabilizer for metal nanoparticles that is based on a cyano rather than a thiol or thiolate anchor group. The silver particles used to evaluate the effectiveness of the new stabilizer typically have a bimodal size distribution with hydrodynamic diameters of ca. 13 and ca. 79 nm. Polymer stability was evaluated as a function of the pH value both for the free stabilizer and for the polymers bound to the surface of the silver nanoparticles using H-1 NMR spectroscopy and zeta potential measurements. The polymer shows a high stability between pH 3 and 9. At pH 12 and higher the polymer coating is degraded over time suggesting that alpha-((4-cyanobenzoyl) oxy)-omega-methyl poly(ethylene glycol) is a good stabilizer for metal nanoparticles in aqueous media unless very high pH conditions are present in the system. The study thus demonstrates that cyano groups can be viable alternatives to the more conventional thiol/thiolate anchors.
KW  - cyano anchor group
KW  - poly(ethylene glycol)
KW  - polymer coating
KW  - silver nanoparticles
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.67
SN  - 2190-4286
VL  - 8
SP  - 627
EP  - 635
PB  - Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften
CY  - Frankfurt, Main
ER  -