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Synthesis of Water-Based Dispersions of Polymer/TiO(2) Hybrid Nanospheres

We develop a strategy for preparing water-based dispersions of polymer/TiO(2) nanospheres that can be used to form composite materials applicable in various fields. The formed hybrid nanospheres are monodisperse and possess a hierarchical structure. It starts with the primary TiO(2) nanoparticles of...

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Autores principales: Jin, Lu, Wu, Hua, Morbidelli, Massimo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28347075
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano5031454
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description We develop a strategy for preparing water-based dispersions of polymer/TiO(2) nanospheres that can be used to form composite materials applicable in various fields. The formed hybrid nanospheres are monodisperse and possess a hierarchical structure. It starts with the primary TiO(2) nanoparticles of about 5 nm, which first assemble to nanoclusters of about 30 nm and then are integrated into monomer droplets. After emulsion polymerization, one obtains the water-based dispersions of polymer/TiO(2) nanospheres. To achieve universal size, it is necessary to have treatments with intense turbulent shear generated in a microchannel device at different stages. In addition, a procedure combining synergistic actions of steric and anionic surfactants has been designed to warrant the colloidal stability of the process. Since the formed polymer/TiO(2) nanospheres are stable aqueous dispersions, they can be easily mixed with TiO(2)-free polymeric nanoparticle dispersions to form new dispersions, where TiO(2)-containing nanospheres are homogeneously distributed in the dispersions at the nanoscale, thus leading to various applications. As an example, the proposed strategy has been applied to generate polystyrene/TiO(2) nanospheres of about 100 nm in diameter.
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spelling pubmed-53046282017-03-21 Synthesis of Water-Based Dispersions of Polymer/TiO(2) Hybrid Nanospheres Jin, Lu Wu, Hua Morbidelli, Massimo Nanomaterials (Basel) Article We develop a strategy for preparing water-based dispersions of polymer/TiO(2) nanospheres that can be used to form composite materials applicable in various fields. The formed hybrid nanospheres are monodisperse and possess a hierarchical structure. It starts with the primary TiO(2) nanoparticles of about 5 nm, which first assemble to nanoclusters of about 30 nm and then are integrated into monomer droplets. After emulsion polymerization, one obtains the water-based dispersions of polymer/TiO(2) nanospheres. To achieve universal size, it is necessary to have treatments with intense turbulent shear generated in a microchannel device at different stages. In addition, a procedure combining synergistic actions of steric and anionic surfactants has been designed to warrant the colloidal stability of the process. Since the formed polymer/TiO(2) nanospheres are stable aqueous dispersions, they can be easily mixed with TiO(2)-free polymeric nanoparticle dispersions to form new dispersions, where TiO(2)-containing nanospheres are homogeneously distributed in the dispersions at the nanoscale, thus leading to various applications. As an example, the proposed strategy has been applied to generate polystyrene/TiO(2) nanospheres of about 100 nm in diameter. MDPI 2015-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5304628/ /pubmed/28347075 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano5031454 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5304628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28347075
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano5031454
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