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Fabrication of transparent polymer-inorganic hybrid material

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

S. Li ,
M. S. Toprak ,
Y. S Jo ,
D. K. Kim  and
M. Muhammed
S. Li
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering, The Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden, [email protected]
M. S. Toprak
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering, The Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden, [email protected]
Y. S Jo
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Médecine Régénérative et de Pharmacobiologie, Integrative Biosciences Institute, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
D. K. Kim
Affiliation:
Institute for Science & Technology in Medicine, Keele University, ST4 7QB, United Kingdom
M. Muhammed
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering, The Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden, [email protected]
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Abstract

Polymer-inorganic hybrid materials composed of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and zinc compounds were prepared by sol-gel in-situ transition polymerization of zinc complex in PMMA matrix. Zinc acetate dihydrate dissolved in ethanol was used as the inorganic precursor. Monoethanolamine (MEA) acted as a complexing agent to control the hydrolysis of zinc acetate to produce a zinc compound network, and then PMMA, formed in-situ through a radical polymerization, were chemically bonded to the forming zinc compound network to realize a hybrid material. Transparent homogenous hybrid materials with slight colours from pink to yellow were fabricated by varying the composition. TEM, FT-IR were employed to investigate structural and physical properties. The UV-shielding effect was evaluated by UV-VIS. The low content of zinc (around 0.02 wt%) and the fine particle size rendered it visibly transparent and capable of greatly attenuating UV radiation in the full UV range.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 876: Symposium A – Nanoporous and Nanostructured Materials for Catalysis, Sensor and Gas Separation Applications , 2005 , R8.45
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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