In this talk, I will elaborate general routes to a rich variety of functional nanoparticles, nanorods, and shish-kebabs with precisely controlled dimensions, compositions and architectures by using nonlinear block copolymers as templates. Our approach enables the facile synthesis of organic solvent- and water-soluble monodisperse nanoparticles, nanorods, and shish-kebabs with desired dimensions, compositions and architectures, including plain, core/shell and hollow nanoparticles, plain and core/shell nanorods, and nanotubes, by capitalizing on a set of rationally designed nonlinear block copolymers as nanoreactors. These organic solvent-soluble and water-soluble monodisperse nanoparticles and nanorods include metallic, ferroelectric, magnetic, luminescent, semiconductor, and their core/shell structures, which represent a few examples of the kind of nanocrystals that can be produced using this technique. The applications of these functional nanocrystals in solar energy conversion (i.e., dye-sensitized solar cells, perovskite solar cells, and photocatalysis) will also be discussed.

Nanoparticles, nanorods and shish-kebabs with precisely controlled dimensions, compositions, and architectures

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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