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Date of registration:
20.09.2017
Date of assignment:
20.09.2017
Confirmed by Study dept. on:
06.10.2017
Guidelines
Bude upřesněno, podrobnější informace (choukourov@kmf.troja.mff.cuni.cz, +420-951552338)
References
H. Biederman, Plasma Polymer Films, Imperial College Press 2004, p. 386.
H. Biederman, Y. Osada, Plasma Polymeriyation Processes, Elsevier Science 1992, p. 210.
B. M. Smirnov, Cluster Processes in Gases and Plasmas, Wiley-VCH 2010, p. 433.
Preliminary scope of work in English
Polymer-based nanoparticles are highly perspective in numerous applications, including biomedicine, in which they can be used as carriers of biomolecules and drugs or as solid-phase supports for surface modification. The sensitivity to the targeted application is strongly related to the properties of the nanoparticle surface; therefore tuning surface irregularities (morphology) and functionalization of nanoparticles become issues of paramount importance. Low-temperature plasma provides tool for the production of polymeric or polymer-modified particles from otherwise non-polymerizable compounds which opens the possibility of synthesis of materials with unprecedented properties. In this work, plasma polymerization of different precursors will be investigated to produce polymeric nanoparticles in the configuration of a gas aggregation cluster source. Fabrication of heterostructured nanoparticles consisting of two or more components will be also investigated. The nanoparticles will be studied with respect to their size distribution, surface functional groups, surface charge and hydrophilic-hydrophobic properties. Fundamental principles of the nanoparticle nucleation, growth and deposition on solid supports will be elucidated. An applicant must hold a master’s diploma and have the necessary abilities for research in the branch of Biophysics, Chemical and Macromolecular Physics.
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