Novel organic/inorganic hybrid self-assembly aggregates of ferrocene-poly(styrene)-b-poly[3-(trimethyoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate]

Ferrocene-poly(styrene)-b-poly[3-(trimethyoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate] (Fc-PS212-PTMSPMA12) was synthesized via atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and characterized. The self-assembly of the resultant polymer was investigated. The organic/inorganic hybrid nanoparticles from self-assembly aggregates of Fc-PS212-PTMSPMA12 including spheres, vesicles, and large compound vesicles (LCVs) were obtained and the morphologies were fixed by a gelation process.