Light-Active, Reversibly Shape-Shifting Block Copolymer Particles Using Photo-switchable Au Nanoparticle Surfactants
- Authors
- Kwon, Seung Ho; Xu, Meng; Kim, Jinwoo; Kim, Eun Ji; Lee, Young Jun; Jang, Se Gyu; Yun, Hongseok; Kim, Bumjoon J.
- Issue Date
- Dec-2021
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Citation
- CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, v.33, no.24, pp.9769 - 9779
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- Journal Title
- CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
- Volume
- 33
- Number
- 24
- Start Page
- 9769
- End Page
- 9779
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/140152
- DOI
- 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03684
- ISSN
- 0897-4756
- Abstract
- Dynamic particles with switchable shapes in response to light have attracted great interest to develop programmable smart materials with superior spatial and temporal resolution. Herein, a facile strategy for light-responsive, shape-changing block copolymer (BCP) particles is developed. Key to this strategy is the design of azobenzene-grafted Au nanoparticles (Au@ Azo NPs) as photoswitchable surfactants through photoisomerization of Azo ligands. Under visible light, onion-like polystyrene-block-poly(2-vinylpyridine) (PS-b-P2VP) BCP particles with PS outer layer form due to the nonpolar nature of trans-Azo ligands, whereas the isomerization to polar cis-Azo surfactants with UV irradiation transforms these spheres into ellipsoids with both PS and P2VP exposed on their surfaces. This light-driven shape change is robust and reversible over multiple irradiation cycles. The reversible shape evolution between spherical and ellipsoidal BCP particles induced by photoactive Au@Azo NP surfactants is elucidated using a cryogenic electron microscope. Furthermore, light-dependent fluorescence and shape of the BCP particles are successfully demonstrated, enabling the visualization of particle shape into an optical signal.
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