Synthesis of well-defined, polymer-grafted silica nanoparticles via reverse ATRP |
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Authors: | Yun-Pu Wang Xiao-Wei Pei Xiao-Yan He Kun Yuan |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, Gansu Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, Institute of Polymer, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, PR China |
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Abstract: | The surface grafting onto ultrafine silica via reverse ATRP of methyl methacrylate initiated by peroxide groups introduced onto the surface and conventional ATRP of Styrene initiated by the hybrid nanoparticles were investigated. The introduction of peroxide groups onto the silica surface was achieved by the reaction of hydrogen peroxide with chlorosilyl groups, which were introduced by the treatment of silica with thionyl chloride. Well-defined polymer chains were grown from the nanoparticle surfaces to yield individual particles composed of a silica core and a well-defined, densely grafted outer polymer layer. The polymerization was closely controlled in solution at quite low temperature such as 70 °C. In both cases, linear kinetic plots, linear plots of molecular weight (Mn) versus conversion, in hydrodynamic diameter with increasing conversion, and narrow molecular weight distributions (Mw/Mn) for the grafted polymer samples were observed. Hydrolysis of silica cores by hydrofluoric acid treatment enabled characterization of cleaved polymer using GPC. Ultrathin films of hybrid nanoparticles were examined using TEM and AFM. |
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Keywords: | Well-defined Polymer-grafted Silica Reverse ATRP Peroxide groups |
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