prepared upon exposure of hydrophilic surfaces to a solution of micellar IPECs
containing the silver NPs.
The IPECs based on triblock terpolymers containing polybutadiene (PB),
P2VPQ, and PMAA blocks acted as scaffolds for the preparation of polymer–inorganic nanohybrids [96]. The IPEC shell on a hydrophobic PB core (Fig. 25a) was
assembled from the P2VPQ and PMAA blocks while the excess segments of the
PMAA blocks formed a hydrophilic corona. The PMAA blocks and the discontinuous (patchy) intramicellar IPEC {PMAA-P2VPQ} shell were loaded with AuCl 4
À
Fig. 23 (a) Illustration of the bridging effect of Zn-L 2 EO 4 coordination oligomers (small rings)
between positively charged premicelles. (b) Cryo-TEM image of aggregates in the mixture
of P2VPQ-b-PEO/Zn-L 2 EO 4 (0.04% P2VPQ-b-PEO with 3:1 molar ratio between P2VPQ-bPEO and Zn-L 2 EO 4 ). Scale bar: 200 nm. Reprinted with permission from [92] Copyright 2007
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containing the silver NPs.
The IPECs based on triblock terpolymers containing polybutadiene (PB),
P2VPQ, and PMAA blocks acted as scaffolds for the preparation of polymer–inorganic nanohybrids [96]. The IPEC shell on a hydrophobic PB core (Fig. 25a) was
assembled from the P2VPQ and PMAA blocks while the excess segments of the
PMAA blocks formed a hydrophilic corona. The PMAA blocks and the discontinuous (patchy) intramicellar IPEC {PMAA-P2VPQ} shell were loaded with AuCl 4
À
Fig. 23 (a) Illustration of the bridging effect of Zn-L 2 EO 4 coordination oligomers (small rings)
between positively charged premicelles. (b) Cryo-TEM image of aggregates in the mixture
of P2VPQ-b-PEO/Zn-L 2 EO 4 (0.04% P2VPQ-b-PEO with 3:1 molar ratio between P2VPQ-bPEO and Zn-L 2 EO 4 ). Scale bar: 200 nm. Reprinted with permission from [92] Copyright 2007
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