Magnetic Nanocomposites and Their Incorporation into Higher Order Biosynthetic Functional Architectures.

ABSTRACT: A magnetically active Fe₃O₄/poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(butadiene) (PEO-b-PBD) nanocomposite is formed by the encapsulation of magnetite nanoparticles with a short-chain amphiphilic block copolymer. This material is then incorporated into the self-assembly of higher order polymer architectures, along with an organic pigment, to yield biosynthetic, bifunctional optical and magnetically active Fe₃O₄/bacteriochlorophyll c/PEO-b-PBD polymeric chlorosomes.

SUBMITTER: Watt J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6641278 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature