Plasmon-induced RAFT polymerisation as a route to asymmetrically functionalized nanoparticles (B03)

• Subject Area: Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry ; Polymer Materials
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 510943930

In this project reversible addition-fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymerisation will be triggered plasmonically by coupling chain transfer agents directly to nanoparticles in order to create asymmetrically functionalized nanoparticles. Different coupling modes will allow for different ways to control the polymerisation, and mechanistic studies will be performed by quartz-crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) monitoring, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1636: Elementary Processes of Light-Driven Reactions at Nanoscale Metals
• Applicant Institution: Universität Potsdam
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Ilko Bald; Dr. Matthias Hartlieb