Self-assembly of nanoparticles employing polymerization-induced phase separation

RJJ Williams, CE Hoppe, IA Zucchi, HE Romeo… - Journal of colloid and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles (NPs) may be homogeneously dispersed in the precursors of a polymer
(reactive solvent) by an adequate selection of their stabilizing ligands. However, the …

Nanostructured hybrid polymer networks from in situ self‐assembly of RAFT‐synthesized POSS‐based block copolymers

Y Deng, J Bernard, P Alcouffe, J Galy… - Journal of Polymer …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A series of well‐defined hybrid block copolymers PMACyPOSS‐b‐PMMA and PMAiBuPOSS‐
b‐PMMA exhibiting high POSS weight contents have been synthesized by RAFT …

A new mechanism for the low dielectric property of POSS nanocomposites: the key role of interfacial effect

LL Liu, Y Yuan, Y Huang, H Yu, J Yang - Physical Chemistry Chemical …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
The low dielectric constant (ε) of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) was
generally attributed to its porous structure. In this work, we propose a new mechanism for the …

Mechanism of particle formation in silver/epoxy nanocomposites obtained through a visible-light-assisted in situ synthesis

IE dell'Erba, FD Martínez, CE Hoppe, GE Eliçabe… - Langmuir, 2017 - ACS Publications
A detailed understanding of the processes taking place during the in situ synthesis of
metal/polymer nanocomposites is crucial to manipulate the shape and size of nanoparticles …

PDMS mixed‐matrix membranes with molecular fillers via reactive incorporation and their application for bio‐butanol recovery from aqueous solution

X Chen, WS Hung, G Liu, KR Lee… - Journal of Polymer …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mixed‐matrix membrane (MMM) consisting of fillers in polymeric matrix offers a promising
approach to develop high‐performance membranes, while remain challenges in achieving …

POSS-pendanted in epoxy chain inorganic-organic hybrid for highly thermo-mechanical, permeable and hydrothermal-resistant coatings

Y Ma, L He - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2017 - Elsevier
Organic-inorganic hybrid is prepared by grafting nano-scaled methacrylisobutyl polyhedral
oligomeric silsesquioxane (MA-POSS) onto glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) via the combining …

Nanoribbons with semicrystalline core dispersed in a visible-light photopolymerized epoxy network

IA Zucchi, WF Schroeder - Polymer, 2015 - Elsevier
It has been well documented that self-assembly of block copolymers (BCP) in selective
solvents, where the core-forming block is a crystallizable polymer, results in micelle …

Generation of large and locally aligned wormlike micelles in block copolymer/epoxy blends

AB Leonardi, IA Zucchi, RJJ Williams - European Polymer Journal, 2015 - Elsevier
A dispersion of wormlike micelles, empirically found in some block copolymer (BCP)/epoxy
blends, has been reported to produce a significant toughening of epoxy networks. In this …

New composites of spherical bridged polysilsesquioxanes and aggregates of Pd nanoparticles with POSS via ionic interactions

DS Park, TS Ha, KY Kim, JH Lim, KM Kim - Polymer bulletin, 2014 - Springer
Spherical bridged polysilsesquioxane (BPS) particles with sulfonic groups (BPS–SO 3−)
were prepared by the subsequent reduction and oxidation of BPS with disulfide groups (BPS …

Polymerization-induced phase separation as a one-step strategy to self-assemble alkanethiol-stabilized gold nanoparticles inside polystyrene domains dispersed in …

HE Romeo, A Vílchez, J Esquena, CE Hoppe… - European polymer …, 2012 - Elsevier
The rational design of nanoparticle (NP)/polymer composites with advanced functional
properties is based on controlling the distribution and self-assembly of NPs in the polymer …