Research Article pubs.acs.org/journal/ascecg
Hyperbranched Polyglycerol Grafting on the Surface of Silica-Coated Nanoparticles for High Colloidal Stability and Low Nonspecific Interaction Prasanta Panja, Pradip Das, Kuheli Mandal, and Nikhil R. Jana* Centre for Advanced Materials, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A and 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata-700032, India S Supporting Information *
ABSTRACT: Silica coating is widely used for protecting nanoparticles from aggregation and in transforming them into functional nanoparticles of 10−100 nm size. However, synthesis of silica-coated nanoparticles of