Efficient Synthesis of Stable Polyelectrolyte Complex Nanoparticles by Electrostatic Assembly Directed Polymerization

Polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles with integrated advances of coacervate complexes and nanomaterials have attracted considerable attention as soft templates and functional nano‐carriers. Herein, a facile and robust strategy, namely electrostatic assembly directed polymerization (EADP), for effic...

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Published in:Macromolecular rapid communications. 2021-02, Vol.42 (4), p.e2000635-n/a
Main Authors: Ding, Peng, Chen, Lusha, Wei, Cheng, Zhou, Wenjuan, Li, Chendan, Wang, Jiahua, Wang, Mingwei, Guo, Xuhong, Cohen Stuart, Martien A., Wang, Junyou
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assembly
Cationic polymerization
coacervate nanoparticles
electrostatic assembly
Gold
Monomers
Nanomaterials
Nanoparticles
Nanotechnology
one‐pot synthesis
Particle size
Particle size distribution
Polyacrylic acid
Polyelectrolytes
Polymerization
Size distribution
Stoichiometry
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Summary:Polyelectrolyte complex nanoparticles with integrated advances of coacervate complexes and nanomaterials have attracted considerable attention as soft templates and functional nano‐carriers. Herein, a facile and robust strategy, namely electrostatic assembly directed polymerization (EADP), for efficient and scalable preparation of stable coacervate nanoparticles is presented. With homo‐polyelectrolyte PAA (polyacrylic acid) as template and out of charge stoichiometry, the cationic monomers are polymerized together with cross‐linkers, which creates coacervate nanoparticles featuring high stability against salt through one‐pot synthesis. The particle size can be tuned by varying the cross‐linker amount and salt concentrations during the polymerization and the composition of nanoparticles, as well as the corresponding properties can be regulated by combining different charged blocks from both strong and weak ionic monomers. The strategy can tolerate both high monomer concentrations and increased volume of up to l L, which is favorable for scaled‐up preparations. Moreover, the coacervate nanoparticles can be freeze‐dried to produce a product in powder form, which can be redispersed without any effect on the particle size and size distribution. Finally, the obtained nanoparticles loaded with enzyme and Au nanoparticles exhibit enhanced catalytic performance, demonstrating a great potential for exploring various applications of coacervate particles as soft and functional nano‐carriers. The authors present a facile and robust strategy, namely electrostatic assembly directed polymerization (EADP), for efficient and scalable preparation of stable coacervate nanoparticles through one‐pot synthesis. The obtained nanoparticles loaded with enzyme and Au nanoparticles exhibit enhanced catalytic performance, demonstrating a great potential for exploring a variety of applications of coacervate particles as soft and functional nano‐carriers.
ISSN:1022-1336
1521-3927
DOI:10.1002/marc.202000635