Multifunctional nanoparticles with controllable dimensions and tripled orthogonal reactivity.

Multifunctional nanoparticles featuring three distinct and orthogonal functionalities for performing catalyst-free click reactions of azide-alkyne and maleimide-thiol and atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) are fabricated using a simple chemical vapor deposition copolymerization approach with the flexibility to control the particle size and geometry.