Properties of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-Grafted Colloidal Silica
β Scribed by Jun Liu; Robert Pelton; Andrew N. Hrymak
- Book ID
- 102582346
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 96 KB
- Volume
- 227
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9797
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β¦ Synopsis
Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-3-trimethoxysilylpropyl methacrylate) was prepared by radical polymerization and was grafted onto the surface of spherical colloidal silica. The copolymer, which had on average 1 silyl group per chain, condensed on the silica dispersed in THF at 60 β’ C. The resulting particles had a critical coagulation concentration of calcium chloride of 500 mM at room temperature, indicating robust colloidal stability. By contrast, heating the suspension to 50 β’ C lowered the critical coagulation concentration by more than three orders of magnitude, giving a value of 0.1 mM. Thus, the PNIPAM shell induced temperature-sensitive colloidal stability in the silica dispersion. The coated silica particles were also surface active. However, the surface tension of 50 mJ/m 2 at 25 β’ C is 15% higher than the corresponding value for PNIPAM solutions.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
The physical properties of poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) [poly(NIPAAm)] blend systems, and their corresponding graft copolymers such as PVC-g-NIPAAm, were investigated in this work. The compatible range for PVC-poly(NIPAAm) blend systems is less than 15 wt % poly(NIPAAm)