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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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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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author | Jin, Lu Wu, Hua Morbidelli, Massimo |
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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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Jin, Lu Wu, Hua Morbidelli, Massimo Synthesis of Water-Based Dispersions of Polymer/TiO(2) Hybrid Nanospheres |
title | Synthesis of Water-Based Dispersions of Polymer/TiO(2) Hybrid Nanospheres |
title_full | Synthesis of Water-Based Dispersions of Polymer/TiO(2) Hybrid Nanospheres |
title_fullStr | Synthesis of Water-Based Dispersions of Polymer/TiO(2) Hybrid Nanospheres |
title_full_unstemmed | Synthesis of Water-Based Dispersions of Polymer/TiO(2) Hybrid Nanospheres |
title_short | Synthesis of Water-Based Dispersions of Polymer/TiO(2) Hybrid Nanospheres |
title_sort | synthesis of water-based dispersions of polymer/tio(2) hybrid nanospheres |
topic | Article |
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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