Pickering乳滴模板法制备超粒子结构有机/无机杂化微球

Pickering乳滴模板法制备有机/无机杂化的核壳微球越来越引起人们的关注,主要因为该方法制备出的微球具有以无机粒子为壳层的超粒子结构(supracolloidal structure),能够赋予微球独特的功能.胶体粒子在乳滴表面自组装形成有序的球面胶体壳,得到稳定Pickering乳液,固定乳滴表面的胶体粒子来制备核壳结构的微球或者以胶体粒子为壳层的微胶囊(colloidosome).本文综述了我们课题组以Pickering乳滴模板法制备超粒子结构有机/无机杂化微胶囊包括实心微球方面的工作.我们选择具有不同性能、种类的胶体粒子以及具有不同性质和功能的核材料,采用Pickering乳滴模板法,对吸附在乳滴表面的胶体粒子用不同的固定方法制备具有不同结构和性能的微球和微胶囊,利用基于多重Pickering乳液的聚合技术制备双纳米复合的超粒子结构多核聚合物微球.     

制备方法对模板法制备SiO_2中空微球形貌的影响

模板法是制备无机中空微球的重要方法之一.首先通过苯乙烯和甲基丙烯酸的无皂乳液聚合法制得表面含羧基、粒径为360nm的单分散聚苯乙烯(PSt)乳胶粒,并以此为模板,分别采用表面改性-前驱体水解法(PHC)和SiO2纳米颗粒层层自组装法(LBL),制备出了不同壳层厚度的PSt/SiO2核壳结构复合微球,然后经500℃煅烧4h,得到SiO2中空微球.利用透射电镜和扫描电镜对微球结构形态进行了表征.研究表明,首先利用γ-氨丙基三乙氧基硅烷(KH-550)对PSt模板微球进行表面改性、然后再在乙醇-水混合介质中进行原硅酸乙酯(TEOS)水解与缩合反应的PHC法,是制备PSt/SiO2核壳结构复合微球的简便方法,复合微球经煅烧可制得表面均匀、结构致密、壳层厚度和形貌可控的SiO2中空微球;而LBL法制备PSt/SiO2核壳结构复合微球的工艺复杂,煅烧后所得SiO2中空微球结构疏松,易于破碎.     

核壳结构微球的制备方法与展望

核壳结构微球作为一种功能性聚合材料已得到广泛的关注,本文介绍了国内外关于核壳结构微球制备方法的研究进展,包括种子聚合法、大分子单体法、自组装法、逐步异相凝聚法,并对各种方法的反应机理和影响因素进行了阐述;进而对该领域研究的热点工作进行了概述性的展望。     

原位聚合法制备具有温敏PNIPAM壳的核-壳结构聚合物纳米微球的研究

结合大分子自组装和原位自由基聚合方法,采用油溶性引发剂偶氮二异丁腈(AIBN),在聚(ε-已内酯)(PCL)纳米粒子表面引发聚合单体N-异丙基丙烯酰胺(NIPAM)和交联剂亚甲基双(丙烯酰胺)(MBA),制备得到了核-壳结构的PCL/PNIPAM聚合物纳米微球.系统研究了单体和交联剂用量、壳层目标交联度、初始PCL/DMF溶液的浓度及引发剂AIBN含量4个反应参数对核-壳结构PCL/PNIPAM纳米微球的PNIPAM壳层得率、微球尺寸、温敏性能及电镜形貌的影响.结果表明,在制备核-壳结构PCL/PNIPAM纳米微球的反应过程中,PCL粒子表面的聚合和水中的聚合二者之间相互竞争.适当增加引发剂AIBN的添加量,有利于制备得到核/壳比例可控的PCL/PNIPAM纳米微球;交联剂MBA较高的反应活性导致形成了非均匀交联的PNIPAM壳层.     

形貌转录法制备Ag-P(AM-co-MAA)复合微球

以反相悬浮聚合技术合成的丙烯酰胺(AM)和甲基丙烯酸(MAA)共聚高分子微凝胶P(AM-co-MAA)为模板,结合反胶束法制备得到Ag3PO4-P(AM-co-MAA)复合微球,并将其分散于乙醇溶剂中通过化学还原Ag3PO4-P(AM-co-MAA)复合微球制备得到粒径为几十微米,具有表面图案,且结构为核-壳型的Ag-P(AM-co-MAA)复合微球材料.能量散射X射线(EDX)谱表明壳化学组成以金属银为主,核以高分子模板为主;扫描电子显微镜(SEM)观察结果表明银-高分子复合微球的表面形貌与其前驱体类似,且可以通过选择模板、改变模板组成、调整金属难溶银盐沉积量等因素加以调控;X射线衍射(XRD)分析表明前驱体复合微球表面Ag3PO4全部转化为单质银.生物抗菌实验表明该类微球材料对大肠杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌均具有较强的抑制作用.     

制备核-壳结构聚合物纳米微球和空心球的原位聚合方法的普适性研究

采用原位聚合制备核-壳结构聚合物纳米微球和空心球的新方法, 利用甲基丙烯酸2-羟丙酯(HPMA)和乙酸乙烯酯(VAc)两种单体, 在类似的反应条件下, 成功地制备了以聚(ε-己内酯)(PCL)为核, 分别以交联PHPMA和PVAc为壳的纳米微球; 将微球的核酶解后, 分别得到了对应的交联PMAA空心球和交联PVA空心球. 结果表明, 原位聚合制备核-壳结构聚合物微球的新方法具有一定的普适性, 适用于单体可溶于水而生成的聚合物不溶于水的体系.     

磁性核壳介孔氧化硅微球的制备与应用

磁性核壳介孔氧化硅微球作为一种新型功能复合材料,已成为众多研究领域的一个研究热点。本文综述了近年来利用模板法合成磁性核壳介孔氧化硅微球的研究进展,重点阐述了溶胶-凝胶法和微乳液法在实心微球和中空微球制备中的应用。介绍了磁性介孔二氧化硅微球在蛋白质、DNA分离,靶向药物传输等生物医学上的应用以及磁性酸催化、加氢催化、纳米贵金属催化、光催化等催化领域的应用,并对其未来的发展趋势做了展望。     

多层核-壳结构P(AM-co-MAA)/W/UF复合微球制备研究

以反相悬浮聚合技术合成的丙烯酰胺(acrylamide,AM)和甲基丙烯酸(methacrylic acid,MAA)共聚高分子微凝胶P(AM-co-MAA)为模板,通过离心沉积法将微米级钨粉沉积于高分子微凝胶表面,得到具有核-壳结构的P(AM-co-MAA)/W复合微球材料;再以P(AM-co-MAA)/W复合微球为模板,通过控制甲醛和尿素的缩聚反应在模板与油/水相界面进行,制备得到了具有多层核-壳结构的高分子/钨/脲醛树脂[P(AM-co-MAA)/W/Urea-formaldehyde resin]复合微球材料.利用扫描电子显微镜(SEM)、红外(FT-IR)、X射线衍射(XRD)和热分析(TGA)等手段对复合微球进行了表征.实验结果表明,外壳层脲醛树脂的包覆量、复合微球的表面形貌可通过改变甲醛和尿素溶液的浓度、甲醛和尿素的物质的量之比等因素进行控制.复合微球的导电性测试结果表明,P(AM-co-MAA)/W复合微球表面壳层脲醛树脂包覆前后,其电导率由1.9×10-3降低为0.9×10-8S·m-1.该研究获得的三层核-壳复合微球材料其外层脲醛树脂的包覆较为完整、致密,其导电性接近于绝缘材料,为含钨复合微球作为电子元件的抗辐射涂层材料打下了基础.     

二苯基二甲氧基硅烷单体制备空心微胶囊的模板合成方法研究

制备了直径在700～1500 nm范围内的空心聚硅氧烷微球. 在O/W型聚二苯基硅氧烷微乳模板核上, 加入一定比例的二苯基二甲氧基硅烷(D型官能团)和甲基三甲氧基硅烷(T型官能团)的有机硅单体, 使之围绕在模板核表面聚合交联形成核壳结构的聚硅氧烷微胶囊, 利用合适溶剂溶解透析的方法去除模板核得到空心微胶囊. 通过TEM和AFM测定考察, 讨论了体系的各反应条件对空心微球的形态结构和大小分布的影响.     

核-壳介孔SiO_2微球的超微结构及拉曼光谱分析

采用溶胶-凝胶法制备了核-壳介孔SiO2微球,分别利用透射电镜和拉曼光谱对该微球的超微结构进行了观察及光谱分析。结果表明:制备的核-壳介孔SiO2微球是由外表面孔径为7nm、厚度30nm的有序介孔SiO2壳层,包裹着核直径为200nm的实心SiO2微球所组成,介孔壳层具有较大的比表面积,具有良好的光谱性质。     

Designing Organic/Inorganic Colloids by Heterophase Polymerization

Polymer/silica and polymer/Laponite nanocomposite colloids with various morphologies have been elaborated through emulsion polymerization using a polymerizable organosilane (route I) and a methyl methacrylate-terminated macromonomer (route II) as coupling agents. Depending on the synthetic strategy and on the nature of the mineral particles, either core-shell, raspberry-like, multipod-like, currant bun or inverted core-shell morphologies (the mineral forming the shell) were achieved. Beyond the control of particle shape, we have demonstrated that some of the polymerizations exhibited particular kinetics behaviors which could be correlated to the mechanism of formation of the composite particles. Interestingly, conversion versus time curves of a series of soap free polymerizations performed in the presence of the macromonomer showed a significant increase in the polymerization rate with increasing the inorganic particles concentration. Characterization of the composite latexes by transmission electron microscopy showed that the mineral was located at the surface of the latex spheres and participated therefore to their stabilization. The higher the amount of inorganic particles, the lower the particles size and the higher the polymerization rate.     

Synthesis of core-shell polystyrene nanoparticles by surfactant free emulsion polymerization using macro-RAFT agent

Novel approach for the synthesis of core-shell polystyrene nanoparticles by living hydrophilic polymer consisting of thiocarbonyl thio end group is reported. The surfactant free emulsion polymerization of styrene in the presence of macro-RAFT (reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer) agent is carried out to synthesize stable latex particles with smaller particle size. A macro-RAFT agent is prepared by homopolymerization of sodium styrene sulfonate (NaSS) in aqueous phase by using dithioester as chain transfer agent. This synthesized polystyrene sulfonate-sodium (PSS-Na) based macro-RAFT agent, which is essentially water soluble macromolecular chain transfer agent used for the surfactant-free batch emulsion polymerization of styrene. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study of the synthesized colloids shows the narrow particle size distribution with core-shell morphology.     

ZnO/PS core-shell hybrid microspheres prepared with miniemulsion polymerization

The hybrid microspheres of ZnO/PS with different core-shell structures were prepared in miniemulsion polymerization. 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate (MPS) was used as a functional co-monomer to enhance the surface polarity of ZnO nanoparticles and to prevent water from quenching the luminescent properties of ZnO. The morphology of hybrid particles was examined with a transmission electron microscope. The luminescence spectra were measured using a Shimadzu RF-5301 PC spectrofluorimeter (Xe source) at room temperature. The crystallization structure of samples was characterized with a Rigaku wide-angle X-ray diffractometer. The chemical composition and structure of the ZnO colloids, MPS-modified ZnO colloids, and ZnO/PS hybrid microspheres were analyzed with IR.     

Preparation and properties of cross-linked fluorescent poly(methyl methacrylate) latex colloids

We report a single step preparation of monodisperse fluorescent poly(methyl)methacrylate (PMMA) lattices cross-linked with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate with radii in the range 150-1000 nm using dispersion polymerization. The particles are applied as fluorescent cores in core-shell PMMA particles for confocal microscopy (Dullens et al. Langmuir 2003, 19, 5963). Contrary to un-cross-linked particles, these cross-linked colloids are stable in good solvents for PMMA as well. Therefore we studied the properties of the cross-linked PMMA particles in the good solvents tetrahydrofuran (THF), chloroform, and toluene using light scattering and confocal scanning laser microscopy. We show that the particles swell instantaneously and that their volume can increase up to more than seven times their volume in poor solvents. Further, it is very likely that the particles are charged in THF.     

Synthesis of anionic core-shell poly(styrene-<Emphasis Type="Italic">co-N</Emphasis>-isopropylacrylamide) colloids by a two-step surfactant-free emulsion polymerization

The aim of the performed work is to produce anionic core-shell poly(styrene-co-N-isopropylacrylamide) colloids with an N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) content in the range from 5 to 30 mol %. Different batches of poly(styrene-co-NIPAM) colloids (poly(ST-co-NIPAM) colloids) are produced with varying NIPAM mol %, and the produced poly(ST-co-NIPAM) colloids are characterized by dynamic light scattering and scanning electron microscopy. Results show that the produced colloids have a core-shell morphology with a poly(styrene) core and a poly(NIPAM) shell. The swelling ratio of the produced poly(ST-co-NIPAM) colloids is similar to the swelling ratio found for similar poly(ST-co-NIPAM) colloids produced by the two-step seeded polymerization process. The text was submitted by the author in English.     

Photophysical effects between spirobenzopyran-methyl methacrylate-functionalized colloidal particles

Colloidal particles were derivatized with end-grafted polymethylmethacrylate polymer brushes containing varying concentrations of spirobenzopyran photochromic molecules. The polymers were grown from initiator-functionalized silica particles by an atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). These core-shell colloids formed stable suspensions in toluene with the spirobenzopyran in its closed, nonpolar form. However, UV-induced photoswitching of the photochrome to its open, polar merocyanine isomer caused rapid aggregation. The nature of this colloidal stability transition was examined with respect to the spirobenzopyran content in the polymeric brush and solvent polarity. Turbidimetry, wettability studies, UV-vis spectroscopy, suspension rheology, SEM, and visual inspection were utilized to characterize the system photoswitchability. It was found that the system exhibiting the greatest transition in toluene was the copolymer brush composed of 20% spirobenzopyran and 80% methyl methacrylate.     

Synthesis of monodisperse, highly cross-linked, fluorescent PMMA particles by dispersion polymerization

We describe a facile method to synthesize sterically stabilized monodisperse fluorescent poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) colloids in the polar solvent mixture water/methanol with either a core-shell or a homogeneously cross-linked structure by dispersion polymerization. The particles were sterically stabilized by the polymer poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP). The morphology of the particles was controlled by varying the moment at which the gradual addition of cross-linker and dye was started. The absence of these extra agents at a time when the particle nuclei formed reduced the negative effects on this important process to a minimum and produced a core-shell structure, whereas an essentially homogeneously cross-linked fluorescent polymer colloid structure could be obtained by reducing the starting time of the addition of dye and cross-linker to zero. Three different dyes were chemically incorporated into the polymer network. Such dyes are important for the use of the particles in confocal scanning laser microscopy studies aimed at characterizing concentrated dispersions quantitatively in real space. A series of PMMA particles with different sizes were obtained through the variation of the weight ratio of solvents and the content of cross-linker. Furthermore, the swelling properties of the cross-linked PMMA particles in a good solvent (tetrahydrofuran) were investigated. The particles were stable in polar solvents (water and formamide) but could also successfully be transferred to apolar solvents such as decahydronaphthalene (decalin). The PVP stabilizer also allowed the particles to be permanently bonded in flexible strings by the application of an external electric field.     

Redox chemistry of Cu colloids probed by adsorbed CO: an in situ attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared study

The IR spectroscopic investigation of both the adsorption of carbon monoxide and the interaction of oxygen and CO on the surface of copper colloids is described for the first time. The copper colloids were produced by pyrolysis of [Cu(OCH(Me)CH(2)NMe(2))(2)] in hot n-hexadecylamine. Upon contact to synthetic air Cu/Cu(x)O core-shell particles are formed. The treatment of these particles with CO results in the reestablishment of pure Cu(0) particles. These results demonstrate that small molecules penetrate the ligand shell of the nanoparticles and reversibly adsorb at the surface without affecting the particle morphology and size distribution.     

Particle morphology of self-hydrolyzed acrylate polymer colloids: A 13C NMR and DSC study

Methyl acrylate polymer colloids can be hydrolyzed self-catalytically by bound strong acid surface groups derived from the polymerization initiator. The kinetics of hydrolysis were earlier shown to be apparently pseudo-zeroth-order for any given latex, and first order with respect to surface strong acid concentration. A surface reaction zone model was proposed to explain the kinetics. This model leads to the prediction that the polymer particles will possess a core-shell morphology after some hydrolysis has occurred. This study employs ¹³C NMR spectroscopy to investigate the particle morphology in the wet latex, a new application for this method. The temperature dependence of the ¹³C NMR integrated intensities at various levels of hydrolysis provides strong evidence that the particles do possess core-shell morphology, and that the shell is composed of PAA/PMA copolymer. This shell is swollen and plasticized by water, resulting in greatly enhanced segmental mobility of the polymer chains as evidenced by marked narrowing of the NMR lines. Thermal measurements alone cannot distinguish particle morphology because PMA appears to be somewhat compatible with its partially hydrolyzed analog at the temperatures of measurement.     

Fluorescent monodisperse silica ellipsoids for optical rotational diffusion studies

We report on the preparation of monodisperse, fluorescent hematite-silica core-shell ellipsoids, with adjustable shapes ranging from spindles to nearly spheres, that are suitable for optical rotational diffusion studies. Hematite cores are grafted with poly(vinylpyrrolidone) which ensures colloidal stability during the silica coating provided by the base-catalyzed hydrolysis and polymerization of tetraethoxysilane. Using tetramethylammonium hydroxide as base instead of the volatile ammonia facilitates continuous seeded growth of silica to colloids with a desired aspect ratio. A convenient feature of the hematite-silica particles is the rapid dissolution of the iron oxide core by acid, producing hollow silica ellipsoids that can be optically matched to near transparency. The control of shape and size of the silica ellipsoids, their optical properties, and the fairly high yield in comparison to other preparation methods for nonspherical model colloids make the ellipsoids very suitable for quantitative studies. As a case in point, we have measured the rotational diffusion coefficient of fluorescent ellipsoids with rotational fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. Dye-labeled ellipsoids can be imaged with confocal microscopy.