Water solubilization of hydrophobic nanocrystals by means of poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene)

Riccardo Di Corato; Alessandra Quarta; Philomena Piacenza; Andrea Ragusa; Albert Figuerola; Raffaella Buonsanti; Roberto Cingolani; Liberato Manna; Teresa Pellegrino

doi:10.1039/b717801h

Water solubilization of hydrophobic nanocrystals by means of poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene)

Riccardo Di Corato, Alessandra Quarta, Philomena Piacenza, Andrea Ragusa, Albert Figuerola, Raffaella Buonsanti, Roberto Cingolani, Liberato Manna, Teresa Pellegrino^*

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Abstract

Poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene), a cheap and commercially available polymer, was used to water-solubilize colloidal nanocrystals with various compositions, morphologies, and sizes. Highly pure nanoparticles with homogeneous distributions of sizes and surface charges were obtained after a single purification step of the polymer-coated particles by ultracentrifugation, saving precious time as compared to a previously published and similar polymer coating procedure. This simple strategy proved also to be generally applicable and represents a valid methodology to water-solubilize nanoparticles.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1991-1996
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Materials Chemistry
Volume	18
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/b717801h
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Water solubilization of hydrophobic nanocrystals by means of poly(maleic anhydride-alt-1-octadecene)

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