Construction of ferrocene-containing nanomaterials via self-assembly of ferrocenyl hyperbranched polyethylene

Ferrocenyl hyperbranched polyethylene (HBPE-g-PFcEMA) was synthesized to construct various ferrocene-containing nanostructures via self-assembly method in n-hexane. As the concentration of HBPE-g-PFcEMA was increased from 0.1 to 10.0 mg/mL, individual micelle, micellar sheet, hollow sphere and patchy sphere were obtained, which might be utilized as precursor in preparing iron oxide nanomaterials.307