Polystyrene grafting from silica nanoparticles via nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP): synthesis and SANS analysis with the contrast variation method

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作者
Chevigny, Chloe [1 ]
Gigmes, Didier [2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Bertin, Denis [2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ]
Jestin, Jacques [1 ]
Boue, Francois [1 ]
机构
[1] CEA Saclay, Lab Leon Brillouin, F-91191 Gif Sur Yvette, France
[2] CNRS, Lab Chim Prov, UMR 6264, F-13393 Marseille 20, France
[3] Univ Aix Marseille 1, F-13393 Marseille 20, France
[4] Univ Aix Marseille 2, F-13393 Marseille 20, France
[5] Univ Aix Marseille 3, F-13393 Marseille 20, France
关键词
TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; BLOCK-COPOLYMER MICELLES; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON; EXCLUDED-VOLUME INTERACTIONS; HYBRID COMPOSITES; CARBON RADICALS; SURFACE; PARTICLES; SCATTERING; NANOCOMPOSITES;
D O I
10.1039/b906754j
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We present a new convenient and efficient 'grafting-from' method to obtain well-defined polystyrene (PS) silica nanoparticles. The method, based on nitroxide-mediated polymerization (NMP), consists of binding covalently the alkoxyamine (which acts as an initiator controlling agent) to the silica nanoparticles surface in two steps. The first step is a reaction between the aminopropylsilane and the silica particles in order to functionalize the particle surface with an amino group. In a second step, the initiation-controlling alkoxyamine moiety is introduced via an overgrafting reaction between the amino group and the N-hydroxysuccinimide-based MAMA-SG1 activated ester. To simplify both their chemical transformation and the polymerization step, the native silica particles, initially dispersed in water, were transferred to an organic solvent, dimethyl acetamide, which is also a good solvent for the polystyrene. The synthetic parameters were optimized for grafting density, conversion rates, and synthesis reproducibility while keeping the colloidal stability and to avoid any aggregation of silica particles induced by inter-particle interaction during the synthesis. After synthesis, the final grafted objects were purified and the non-grafted polymer chains formed in the solvent washed out by ultrafiltration. The particles were then studied using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) coupled with a neutron contrast variation method. To optimize the contrast conditions, both hydrogenated and deuterated monomers were used for the synthesis. A refined fitting analysis based on the comparison on two models, a basic core-shell and the Gaussian Pedersen model, enables us to fit nicely the experimental data for both the hydrogenated and deuterated grafted cases. Differences are seen between grafting of normal or deuterated chains, which could be due to monomer reactivity or to neutron contrast effect variations. The synthesis and the characterization method established in this work constitute a robust and reproducible way to design well defined grafted polymer nanoparticles. These objects will be incorporated in polymer matrices in future work to create nanocomposites for polymer reinforcement.
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页码:3741 / 3753
页数:13
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