Fabrication of poly(methyl methacrylate)/silica KIT-6 nanocomposites via in situ polymerization approach and their application for removal of Cu2+ from aqueous solution

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (14) ◽  
pp. 11419-11429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Dinari ◽  
Gholamhossein Mohammadnezhad ◽  
Roozbeh Soltani

Novel mesoporous silica nanocomposites for adsorption of Cu(ii) from aqueous solution were prepared by in situ polymerization of MMA and modified KIT-6 as filler.

Carbon ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 2615-2623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey R. Potts ◽  
Sun Hwa Lee ◽  
Todd M. Alam ◽  
Jinho An ◽  
Meryl D. Stoller ◽  
...  

Molecules ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 2747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Muñoz ◽  
Laura Tamayo ◽  
Miguel Gulppi ◽  
Franco Rabagliati ◽  
Marcos Flores ◽  
...  

An experimental protocol was studied to improve the adhesion of a polymeric poly(methyl methacrylate) coating that was modified with silver nanoparticles to an aluminum alloy, AA2024. The nanoparticles were incorporated into the polymeric matrix to add the property of inhibiting biofilm formation to the anticorrosive characteristics of the film, thus also making the coating antibiocorrosive. The protocol consists of functionalizing the surface through a pseudotransesterification treatment using a methyl methacrylate monomer that bonds covalently to the surface and leaves a terminal double bond that promotes and directs the polymerization reaction that takes place in the process that follows immediately after. This results in more compact and thicker poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) coatings than those obtained without pseudotransesterification. The poly(methyl methacrylate) matrix modified with nanoparticles was obtained by incorporating both the nanoparticles and the methyl methacrylate in the reactor. The in situ polymerization involved combining the pretreated AA2024 specimens combined with the methyl methacrylate monomer and AgNps. The antibiofilm capacity of the coating was evaluated against P. aeruginosa, with an excellent response. Not only did the presence of bacteria decrease, but the formation of the exopolymer subunits was 99.99% lower than on the uncoated aluminum alloy or the alloy coated with unmodified poly(methyl methacrylate). As well and significantly, the potentiodynamic polarization measurements indicate that the PMMA-Ag coating has a good anticorrosive property in a 0.1-M NaCl medium.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Sibeko ◽  
M. L. Saladino ◽  
F. Armetta ◽  
A. Spinella ◽  
A. S. Luyt

Abstract The preparation method of a polymer composite and the filler loading are amongst the factors that influence the properties of the final composites. This article studies the effect of these factors on the thermal stability and thermal degradation kinetics of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)/mesoporous silica (MCM-41) composites filled with small amounts of MCM-41. The PMMA/MCM-41 composites were prepared through in situ polymerisation and melt mixing methods, with MCM-41 loadings of 0.1, 0.3, and 0.5 wt.%. The presence of MCM-41 increased the thermal stability of PMMA/MCM-41 composites prepared by melt mixing, but in the case of the in situ polymerised samples, the MCM-41 accelerated the degradation of the polymer. As a result, the activation energy was low and less energy was required to initiate and propagate the degradation process of these composites. The small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements showed that the preparation method of the composites had no influence on the pore size of MCM-41, but the PMMAs used in the two methods both had shorter chains than the MCM-41 pore size. This allowed the polymer chains to be trapped inside the pores of the filler and be immobilised, as was observed from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The immobilisation of the polymer chains was more significant in the in situ polymerised samples.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiale Song ◽  
Jiaoxia Zhang ◽  
Chunling Lin

The graphene oxide (GO) was obtained by Hummers' method using natural graphite as raw materials. Then, the GO/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) nanocomposites were prepared by in situ polymerization. The tribological and electrical properties of nanocomposites were studied. As a result, the frictional coefficient of GO/PMMA nanocomposites was prominently improved with the content of the graphene oxide increasing. The electrical properties of nanocomposites were slightly increased when adding the graphene oxide.


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