Magnetic Nanocomposites and Their Incorporation into Higher Order Biosynthetic Functional Architectures

摘要

A magnetically active Fe_(3)O_(4)/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 Fe_(3)O_(4)/bacteriochlorophyll c /PEO-b -PBD polymeric chlorosomes.