Thermoresponsive polymer coated gold nanoparticles: from MADIX/RAFT copolymerization of N-vinylpyrrolidone and N-vinylcaprolactam to salt and temperature induced nanoparticle aggregation

Abstract

In the present contribution, we report the synthesis of thermoresponsive homo and statistical copolymers of <italic>N</italic>-vinylcaprolactam and <italic>N</italic>-vinylpyrrolidone and the corresponding responsive gold nanoparticles.