McTaggart M. – TechConnect Briefs

Confinement Chemistry in Self-Assembling Polymer-Metal Nanoreactors

McTaggart M., Malardier-Jugroot C., Royal Military College of Canada, CA

We have developed and thoroughly characterized stable polymer-metal nanocomposite reactor systems with hydrophobic inner surfaces 2-3 nm apart. Previous work has shown that energetically unfavourable reactions, namely pyrrole polymerization and metal salt reduction, spontaneously occur [...]

Biomimetic Nanoreactors via in situ Synthesis of Atomically-Thin Gold Sheets and Platinum Nanoclusters

McTaggart M., Malardier-Jugroot C., Jugroot M., Malardier-Jugroot C., Royal Military College of Canada, CA

We present the synthesis and activity of broadly stable polymer-metal nanoreactors capable of confinement-enhanced catalysis. Poly(styrene-alt-maleic acid), SMA, is known to self-assemble in water into highly organized supramolecular nanostructures containing confined polar and non-polar reaction [...]

Synthesis and characterization of nanoreactors within polymeric nanotemplates

McTaggart M., Groves M., Malardier-Jugroot C., Jugroot M., Malardier-Jugroot C., Royal Military College of Canada, CA

The paper will present a novel method for the synthesis of metal nanoclusters with diameters < 3nm within an amphiphilic nanotube template without the use of a reducing agent. This environmentally friendly synthesis occurs at [...]

Simulation and synthesis of a self-assembling and tumor-targeted drug delivery system

McTaggart M., Li X., Malardier-Jugroot C., Royal Military College of Canada, CA

Poly(styrene-alt-maleic anhydride) is an amphiphilic alternating copolymer that self-assembles into supramolecular nanotubes in aqueous, physiological-pH environments. Its 2nm hydrophobic inner diameter is stable in neutral pH solution but opens as pH drops. Folate-conjugated nanotubes could [...]

Synthesis and characterization of nanoreactors within polymeric nanotemplates

McTaggart M., Groves M., Malardier-Jugroot C., Jugroot M., Malardier-Jugroot C., Royal Military College of Canada, CA

The paper will present a novel method for the synthesis of metal nanoclusters with diameters < 3nm within an amphiphilic nanotube template without the use of a reducing agent. This environmentally friendly synthesis occurs at [...]