The potential use of renewable, bio-based polymers in high-technological applications has attracted great interest due to increased environmental concern. Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer resource in the world, and it has great potential to be modified to suit new application areas. The development of controlled polymerization techniques, such as atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), has made it possible to graft well-defined polymers from cellulose surfaces. In this study, graft-modification of cellulose substrates by ATRP was explored as a tool for tailoring surface properties and for the fabrication of functional cellulose surfaces. Various native and regenerated cellulose substrates were successfully graft-modified to investigate the effect of surface morphology on the grafting reactions. It was found that significantly denser polymer brushes were grafted from the native than from the regenerated cellulose substrates, most likely due to differences in surface area. A method for detaching the grafted polymer from the substrate was developed, based on the selective cleavage of silyl ether bonds with tetrabutylammonium fluoride. The results from the performed kinetic study suggest that the surface-initiated polymerization of methyl methacrylate from cellulose proceeds faster than the concurrent solution polymerization at low monomer conversions, but slows down to match the kinetics of the solution polymerization at higher conversions. Superhydrophobic and self-cleaning bio-fiber surfaces were obtained by grafting of glycidyl methacrylate using a branched graft-on-graft architecture, followed by post-functionalization to obtain fluorinated polymer brushes. AFM analysis showed that the surface had a micro-nano-binary structure. It was also found that superhydrophobic surfaces could be achieved by post-functionalization with an alkyl chain, with no use of fluorine. Thermo-responsive cellulose surfaces have been prepared by graft-modification with the stimuli responsive polymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm). Brushes of poly(4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) rendered a pH-responsive cellulose surface. Dual-responsive cellulose surfaces were achieved by grafting block-copolymers of PNIPAAm and P4VP. / QC 20100804

An experimental and modelling investigation of a tetrafunctional initiator designed for free radical polymerizations is presented. Multifunctional initiators are believed to provide two advantages over traditional monofunctional initiators. With a higher number of functional sites per molecule, they are able to increase polymer production while simultaneously maintaining or increasing polymer molecular weight. Examination of the literature indicates the majority of academic and industrial published studies have investigated difunctional initiators with most focusing on styrene. In this thesis, a tetrafunctional initiator, JWEB50, was systematically investigated for a variety of monomer systems in order to develop a better understanding of the behaviour of multifunctional initiators in free radical polymerizations. <br /><br /> A kinetic study comparing the tetrafunctional initiator to a monofunctional counterpart, TBEC, demonstrated that the impact of a multifunctional initiator is dependent upon monomer type. Regardless of the homo- or copolymer system examined, it was observed that the tetrafunctional initiator could produce higher rates of polymerization due to the greater number of labile groups per initiator molecule. However, the influence of the tetrafunctional initiator on the polymer molecular weight was dictated by the polymerization characteristics of the system in question. In the case of styrene, the tetrafunctional initiator maintained similar molecular weights compared to the monofunctional initiator while for methyl methacrylate (MMA), switching from a mono- to a tetrafunctional initiator actually decreased the polymer molecular weight. Other monomers such as butyl acrylate and vinyl acetate and copolymers of MMA and styrene or alpha-methyl styrene were examined to study the effect of initiator functionality in free radical polymerizations. <br /><br /> Subsequent to the kinetic investigation, polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) samples produced with the tetrafunctional initiator were characterized in detail in order to examine the effects of initiator functionality on polymer properties. Samples generated with the monofunctional initiator were used for comparison purposes. Chromatographic and dilute solution methods were able to detect significant levels of branching in the polystyrene sample produced with JWEB50, while poly(methyl methacrylate) samples showed no evidence of branching. Rheological tests involving a combination of oscillatory and creep shear measurements were completed in order to detect differences between samples. The presence of branching using rheological techniques was clearly observed for both polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) samples produced with the tetrafunctional initiator. <br /><br /> In order to explain the experimental results observed in the kinetic and polymer properties studies, a reaction mechanism for polymerizations initiated with a tetrafunctional initiator was proposed and used in the development of a mathematical model. Reactions involving the fate/efficiency of functional groups are properly accounted for, while in the past this had been ignored by modelling work in the literature. Based on model predictions, di-radical concentrations were estimated to be several orders of magnitude smaller than mono-radical concentrations and their contribution in the reaction mechanism was found to be negligible. Modelling results also demonstrated that the concentration and chain length of various polymer structures (i. e. , linear, star or coupled stars) depend upon monomer type and reaction conditions.

An experimental and modelling investigation of a tetrafunctional initiator designed for free radical polymerizations is presented. Multifunctional initiators are believed to provide two advantages over traditional monofunctional initiators. With a higher number of functional sites per molecule, they are able to increase polymer production while simultaneously maintaining or increasing polymer molecular weight. Examination of the literature indicates the majority of academic and industrial published studies have investigated difunctional initiators with most focusing on styrene. In this thesis, a tetrafunctional initiator, JWEB50, was systematically investigated for a variety of monomer systems in order to develop a better understanding of the behaviour of multifunctional initiators in free radical polymerizations. <br /><br /> A kinetic study comparing the tetrafunctional initiator to a monofunctional counterpart, TBEC, demonstrated that the impact of a multifunctional initiator is dependent upon monomer type. Regardless of the homo- or copolymer system examined, it was observed that the tetrafunctional initiator could produce higher rates of polymerization due to the greater number of labile groups per initiator molecule. However, the influence of the tetrafunctional initiator on the polymer molecular weight was dictated by the polymerization characteristics of the system in question. In the case of styrene, the tetrafunctional initiator maintained similar molecular weights compared to the monofunctional initiator while for methyl methacrylate (MMA), switching from a mono- to a tetrafunctional initiator actually decreased the polymer molecular weight. Other monomers such as butyl acrylate and vinyl acetate and copolymers of MMA and styrene or alpha-methyl styrene were examined to study the effect of initiator functionality in free radical polymerizations. <br /><br /> Subsequent to the kinetic investigation, polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) samples produced with the tetrafunctional initiator were characterized in detail in order to examine the effects of initiator functionality on polymer properties. Samples generated with the monofunctional initiator were used for comparison purposes. Chromatographic and dilute solution methods were able to detect significant levels of branching in the polystyrene sample produced with JWEB50, while poly(methyl methacrylate) samples showed no evidence of branching. Rheological tests involving a combination of oscillatory and creep shear measurements were completed in order to detect differences between samples. The presence of branching using rheological techniques was clearly observed for both polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) samples produced with the tetrafunctional initiator. <br /><br /> In order to explain the experimental results observed in the kinetic and polymer properties studies, a reaction mechanism for polymerizations initiated with a tetrafunctional initiator was proposed and used in the development of a mathematical model. Reactions involving the fate/efficiency of functional groups are properly accounted for, while in the past this had been ignored by modelling work in the literature. Based on model predictions, di-radical concentrations were estimated to be several orders of magnitude smaller than mono-radical concentrations and their contribution in the reaction mechanism was found to be negligible. Modelling results also demonstrated that the concentration and chain length of various polymer structures (i. e. , linear, star or coupled stars) depend upon monomer type and reaction conditions.

We reported a non-crosslinking approach to synthesize nitroxide radical polymer brushes for thin-film electrodes via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymeization (SI-ATRP), which was effective to yield the organic radical polymer brushes with high grafting density and to attain a uniform surface. As mentioned above, the covalent bonding of nitroxide polymer brushes to the conducting substrate not only prevented the polymer dissolution into organic electrolyte solution but improved the cycle life performance of batteries. Moreover, they can be the potential application in microbatteries by using microcontact printing to produce the patterned nitroxide polymer brushes on a conducting substrate. Even though the organic radical polymer brushes provided a new approach to syn-thesize thin-film electrodes, they still existed many problems that needed to study and to figure out. We discussed the morphology and electrochemical performance about ni-troxide radical polymer in the thesis. In the measurement of surface properties, we used the contact angle, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) and atomic force microscopic (AFM) to proceed. Another, in the measurement of electrochemical analysis, we used the cyclic voltammetry(CV), alternating current (AC) impedance and charge-discharge to understand the regarding mechanism in this polymer layer during the electrochemical reaction. In chapter 4, we discussed the oxidative problem in the polymer brushes. It should be well controlled during the oxidation reaction, because the oxidation level may affect the diffusion of electron that resulted the capacity better or not. In chapter5, we controlled the density of polymer brushes to construct the possible mechanism during the electro-chemical reaction, and found out the possible factors that affected the electrochemistry. In chapter 6, we applied the better results from the front chapter to the organic radical battery, and compared their electrical performance.

De nouvelles matrices thermoplastiques à base de poly(méthacrylate de méthyle) (PMMA) pouvant entrer dans la composition de matériaux composites ont été synthétisées et caractérisées du point de vue de leur température de transition vitreuse (par calorimétrie différentielle à balayage) et de leur dégradation thermique (par analyse thermogravimétrique et par microcalorimétrie). La stratégie suivie était d’incorporer dans les chaînes de PMMA des unités de répétition comportant un groupement latéral phosphoré retardateur de flamme via une copolymérisation radicalaire du MMA avec un monomère phosphoré. Un ensemble de monomères phosphorés retardateurs de flamme ont été synthétisés à partir de l’oxyde de 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrène-10 (DOPO) en faisant varier la nature de la fonction polymérisable (styrénique, acrylique, méthacrylique), la nature de l’atome lié au phosphore (oxygène, carbone, azote) et la longueur du bras espaceur. Nous avons montré qu’en adaptant la structure et la quantité des unités de répétition phosphorées, la température de transition vitreuse du matériau était maintenue proche de celle du PMMA alors que la dégradation thermique des matériaux était déplacée vers de plus hautes températures. Comparativement les mélanges physiques de PMMA et de DOPO avec une même teneur en élément phosphore présentent une température de transition vitreuse significativement plus basse / Novel poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) thermoplastic matrices which can be used in the elaboration of composite materials have been synthesized and characterized from the point of view of their glass transition temperature (by differential scanning calorimetry) and their thermal degradation (by thermogravimetric analysis and by pyrolysis combustion flow calorimetry). The strategy followed was to incorporate in the PMMA chains repeat units comprising a flame retardant phosphorous side group via a radical copolymerization of MMA with a phosphorus-containing monomer. A set of phosphorus-containing flame retardant monomers has been synthesized from 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10 oxide (DOPO) by varying the nature of the polymerizable function (styrenic, acrylic, methacrylic), the nature of the atom bound to the phophore (oxygen, carbon, nitrogen) and the length of the spacer arm. We have shown that by adapting the structure and the quantity of the phosphorus repeating units, the glass transition temperature of the material was kept close to that of the PMMA while the thermal degradation of the materials was shifted to higher temperatures. Comparatively, physical blends of PMMA and DOPO with equivalent phosphorus contents exhibited significantly lower glass transition temperatures

Ces travaux de thèse portent sur la conception par voie chimio-enzymatique de polymères amphiphiles issus de glycolipides, capables de s’auto-assembler en phase aqueuse et susceptibles de répondre à des applications de vectorisation de principes actifs. Après une étude préalable des paramètres influents lors de la synthèse enzymatique, huit monomères glycolipidiques porteurs de fonctions esters vinyliques,méthacrylate ou [alpha]-méthylstyrène ont été synthétisés à partir de dérivés d’huile de ricin et de glucose. Les monomères porteurs d’une fonction ester vinylique comme groupement polymérisable ont été copolymérisés en présence d’acétate de vinyle mais les copolymères ainsi formés n’ont pas montré de capacité à s’autoassembler. Les monomères fonctionnalisés par un groupement méthacrylate, ont été copolymérisés en présence de méthacrylate de méthyle ; trois gammes de copolymères ont ainsi été synthétisées par polymérisation radicalaire, les deux premières selon un mécanisme non contrôlé en présence d’un agent de transfert thiolé ou pas et la troisième selon la méthodologie RAFT. Dans tous les cas, des nanoparticules bien définies et stables pendant plusieurs mois ont été obtenues par auto-assemblage de ces trois gammes de copolymères en phase aqueuse. Le Rouge de Nil a été piégé au sein de ces nanoparticules puis relargué par ajout de chlorure de sodium, laissant entrevoir des applications de stabilisation et de vectorisation de principes actifs pour ces nouveaux copolymères. / The aim of this thesis was the conception of amphiphilic polymers able to self-assembly in water forpotential drug delivery applications, from glycolipidic monomers synthesized by a chemo-enzymatic pathway.After a preliminary study of the influent parameters on glycolipid synthesis via enzymatic catalysis, eightmonomers bearing either vinyl ester, methacrylate or a-methylstyrene groups have been synthesized fromglucose and castor oil derivatives. The vinyl ester-bearing monomers have been copolymerized with vinylacetate. Unfortunately, the resulting copolymers did not show interesting self-assembly properties in water.Three families of copolymers were synthesized from the methacrylate-bearing monomers and methylmethacrylate, either by free radical polymerization in the presence or not of a transfer agent or by reversibleaddition-fragmentation polymerization (RAFT). Well-defined and stablenanoparticles were obtained from allthose copolymers. Nile Red was successfully trapped into those nanoparticles and released by adding sodiumchloride, allowing perspectives as potential drug delivery applications for those new copolymers.

La synthèse de membranes polymères pour pile à combustible alcaline à cœur solide (SAFC) constitue l'objectif de ce travail. Ces membranes doivent présenter une conductivité des ions hydroxydes élevée, une haute stabilité thermique, une résistance chimique en particulier à la réaction d'élimination d'Hofmann, une insolubilité dans l'eau et une résistance mécanique suffisante pour permettre leur mise en forme et la réalisation d'assemblages membrane-électrode. Pour remplir ces critères, l'utilisation de copolymères alternés poly(chlorotrifluoroéthylène-alt-éther vinylique), poly(CTFE-alt-EV), porteurs de groupements ammonium quaternaire a été considérée. Différents éthers vinyliques fonctionnels ou fonctionnalisables ont été obtenus par transéthérification catalysée par le palladium avec des taux de conversion supérieurs à 80 %. La copolymérisation radicalaire de ces monomères avec le CTFE a permis d'obtenir des copolymères dont l'alternance a été vérifiée par analyse élémentaire et spectroscopie RMN, et dont les propriétés physico-chimiques et thermiques ont été étudiées par des techniques variées. Différentes méthodes de fonctionnalisation ont été mises en place et ont permis d'obtenir plusieurs copolymères poly(CTFE-alt-EV) originaux porteurs de groupements ammonium quaternaire non sensibles à la dégradation d'Hofmann et présentant une stabilité thermique satisfaisante pour un usage en pile à combustible. Dans l'optique d'améliorer les propriétés mécaniques de ce type de matériau, des terpolymères ont été synthétisés avec un pourcentage variable de vinyloxy-1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodécane, un éther vinylique fluoré. Ce dernier a permis l'augmentation de la masse molaire des terpolymères, la diminution de leur température de transition vitreuse et l'amélioration de leurs propriétés filmogènes. / The synthesis of polymeric membranes for solid alkaline fuel cells is the main topic of this work. These membranes have to exhibit several properties such as: a high hydroxide ion conductivity, a high thermal stability, a good chemical resistance especially to Hofmann degradation, a water-insolubility and mechanical properties suitable for the preparation of a membrane-electrode assembly. To fulfill these requirements, the use of alternated copolymers based on chlorotrifluoroethylene and vinyl ethers (poly(CTFE-alt-VE)) bearing quaternary ammonium groups has been considered. First, various functional or functionalizable vinyl ethers have been synthesized by palladium-catalyzed transetherification with a conversion rate higher than 80%. These monomers have been successfully copolymerized with CTFE and the good alternation of these monomers has been evidenced by elemental analysis and NMR spectroscopy. Furthermore, their physical, chemical and thermal properties have been studied by several techniques. Various functionalization steps have been carried out, yielding original poly(CTFE-alt-VE) copolymers bearing quaternary ammonium groups non sensitive to Hofmann degradation and with high thermal stabilities suitable for fuel cells. To improve the mechanical properties of these materials, terpolymers containing an increasing amount of 1H,1H,2H,2H-perfluorodecyl vinyl ether have been synthesized. Such terpolymers exhibited higher molecular weights, lower glass transition temperatures, and improved film-forming properties compared to the equivalent copolymers.

Dans cette thèse, des techniques de polymérisation radicalaire contrôlée en chaîne ont été utilisées afin de mettre au point des stratégies visant à réguler la séquence de copolymères linéaires. Dans ce contexte, deux axes distincts ont été étudiés. La première approche, dans la continuité des travaux menés ces dernières années par notre équipe, repose sur l’incorporation très localisée d’une unité fonctionnelle sur une chaîne polymère linéaire. Basée sur les différences de réactivité entre comonomères (l’un accepteurs de types maléimides N-substitués en petite quantité et l’autre donneur, le styrène, en large excès), l’insertion du monomère déficient est très rapide dans la chaîne en croissance. Il est ainsi créé des macromolécules multifonctionnalisées tels qu’un polymère dendronisé ou un glycopolymère .La seconde approche consiste à contrôler les séquences de monomères en utilisant des monoinsertions successives de comonomères. Ces monoinsertions ont été obtenues dans des conditions « affamées » avec des monomères peu enclins à homopolymériser. Deux concepts différents ont été étudiés. Dans le premier, la monoinsertion en fin de chaîne est visée, régulée par le caractère contrôlé de la PRC. Alors que dans la seconde, la monoinsertion est régulée par deux protections : un comonomère non-homopolymérisable désactivant la fin de chaîne et le caractère contrôlé de la PRC. / In this work, chain-growth controlled radical polymerization techniques were used to develop new strategies to regulate polymer sequences. For that, two different approaches were studied. The first approach was developed by our team over past years and consists in adding reactive functional monomers at precise locations during a chain-growth polymerization. This method relies on the differences in reactivity between the functional monomer (acceptor N-substituted maleimides, in small quantity) and the comonomer (donor styrene, excess) which will form the backbone of the polymer chain. Deficient monomer was inserted rapidly in the chain backbone. By this way, multifonctionalized macromolecules were creating such as dendronized polymers or glycopolymers.The second approach consists in controlling monomer sequence by successive monoinsertions of comonomers. Successive and ordered monomer additions occur in starved conditions by use of non-homopolymerizable monomers. Two different concepts were studied. In the first, the monoinsertion is regulated only by the non-polymerizable nature of the monomer and CRP deactivation while, in the second, the monoinsertion is also regulated by the use of an additional comonomer that do not homopolymerize.

La photopolymérisation est une technologie qui gagne de plus en plus d’importance de par ses nombreuses applications et ses énormes avantages par rapport à la polymérisation thermique tels que le respect de l’environnement, des coûts économiques maitrisés car la technologie est mise en œuvre à température ambiante et ne requiert qu’une faible consommation d'énergie. De plus, elle n'utilise pas ou très peu de solvants, d'où la réduction d’émission de produits polluants. Le processus de polymérisation photochimique présente également l’avantage d’être très rapide : en effet les réactions de photopolymérisation sont souvent rapides voire même quasi instantanées. De plus le procédé de polymérisation devient photolatent : la polymérisation impliquant les formulations actives seulement en présence de lumière, la réaction peut être déclenchée « quasi à la demande ». Ce processus chimique nécessite des composants nommés « photoamorceurs », lesquels absorbent la lumière et produisent le démarrage de la réaction de polymérisation. En particulier, le développement de systèmes photoamorceurs capables d’absorber de la lumière visible a un intérêt croissant pour différentes applications industrielles, notamment l’holographie. Dans la cadre de cette thèse, des diverses systèmes photoamorceurs contenant un colorant et un ou deux co-amorceurs, qui après réaction avec les états excités des colorants génèrent les radicaux actifs, ont été étudiés, depuis leurs propriétés photophysiques fondamentales et moléculaires, jusqu’aux applications et performances pour la polymérisation des résines acrylates. Cette thèse est articulée autour de six chapitres. Dans le premier chapitre une introduction et une étude bibliographique des différents systèmes photoamorceurs développés ces dernières années sont présentées et comparés. Les chapitres deux et trois sont consacrés à l’étude des propriétés photochimiques et photophysiques réalisés sur des photoamorceurs absorbant de la lumière ultraviolette et visible respectivement. Les techniques utilisés dans ces chapitres incluent, mais ne sont pas limités à, la spectroscopie d’absorption UV-Vis stationnaire, la fluorescence, la photolyse éclaire (LFP), la fluorescence résolue en temps par comptage de photon unique (TC-SPC), la spectroscopie ultrarapide nanoseconde et femtoseconde, la spectroscopie de résonance paramagnétique électronique (EPR), entre autres. Le chapitre deux porte sur l’étude de la photophysique d’un colorant de type cyanine : l’astrazone Orange R (AO R). La photophysique de ce colorant n’est pas connue et une étude exhaustive a été menée avec des spectroscopies ultra rapides (femtoseconde) ainsi que par modélisation moléculaire. Malgré sa photophysique compliquée ce colorant, fonctionne comme un photoamorceur très efficace dans la région bleue du spectre électromagnétique. Les chapitres suivants forment une deuxième partie de la thèse dédiée à l’étude des mécanismes d’amorçage de photopolymérisation, dont le chapitre quatre aborde le cas d’irradiation le plus « traditionnel », qui est l’irradiation en mode continu (ou CW). Est ensuite abordé l’étude de la polymérisation sous irradiation pulsée ultra-courte : dans cette partie la source d’irradiation continue classique est remplacée par un laser Nd :Yag qui produit des impulsions lumineuses d’une durée de quelques 9-10 nanosecondes. Cette polymérisation avec laser pulsé ou PLP est très originale et sera étudiée par spectroscopie infrarouge à transformée de Fourier résolue en temps (RT-FTIR). Dans le chapitre trois, donc, on retrouve les études réalisés avec différents types de systèmes photoamorceurs visibles. Ainsi, les propriétés des colorants capables d’absorber de la lumière visible à différentes longueurs d’onde ont été étudiées dans des systèmes photoamorceurs à deux et trois composants. / Photopolymerization is a technology that is gaining more and more importance due to its numerous applications and its advantages compared to thermic polymerization. This chemical process requires compounds called photoinitiators, which absorb light and produce the initiation of the radical polymerization. The development of photoinitiating systems (PIS) which are able to absorb visible light have an increasing interest due to its industrial applications, such as holographic recording. During this thesis, many PIS were studied, from its photophysical properties to its application in acrylate polymerization. There are many different types of photoinitiators. The most classical ones are Type I PI, which are molecules that overcome homolytic cleavage from their excited state, generating initiating radicals immediately after photon absorption. Type II PI, in contrast, are composed by two molecules: one that absorbs the photon, and other that will react with the excited state of the first via electron transfer or hydrogen transfer, generating radicals that will be able to initiate polymerization. In last place, there are the most efficient Photocyclic Initiating Systems (PCIS) whose mechanism is more complicated and will be widely discussed within these pages. A state of the art of the PIS available up to date is made in the first chapter. Given the importance of the properties of the molecules involved in the photoinitiating process, the studies of the photophysical properties of a Photoinitiator, the Astrazone Orange (AO), are shown. It was found that this molecule suffers an isomerization process from its excited state, which then comes slowly back to the more stable conformer. This process being viscosity-dependent makes AO a suitable photoinitiator for polymerization with visible light in highly viscous media. The last three chapters of this thesis are devoted to the study of a novel technique called Pulsed Laser Polymerization (PLP). This technique consists in the irradiation of the samples with a short duration pulsed laser, which allows the separation of the initiation steps of the polymerization reaction from the steps of propagation and termination. A simple Type I PI was used as a model to study the properties of this technique of polymerization. The monomer conversion was registered by RT-FTIR and analyzed. To a better understanding of these results, a mathematical model was developed. Thanks to it, it was possible to collect valuable information about propagation and termination rate constants (kp and kt, respectively), the variation of viscosity with conversion and other aspects relatives to PLP mechanism. Furthermore, the efficiency of many visible light PIS was studied by PLP. Their performance was compared and studied and contrasted with the classical continuous irradiation mode (CW). The characteristics that a PIS must have in order to show efficient polymerization in PLP mode were found and discussed. Finally, the effect of formulation viscosity in PLP and CW was analyzed by diluting the sample with different amounts of DMSO. In PLP, it was seen that the highest conversion is found for the most concentrated samples, while the opposite effect is noticed in CW. This result is attributed to the different conditions given by the difference in irradiation methods.

Polyorganosilany spadají do skupiny hybridních materiálů třídy II, které nabízejí nové možnosti materiálových funkcí a jejich vlastností. Ačkoliv byly v této kategorii již některé materiály zkoumány a stejně tak i jejich aplikace, nebyly doposud vlákna na základě polyorganosilanu v mikro a nano rozměru popsány což bylo motivací pro tuto práci. Předkládaná diplomová práce se zabývá podrobným zkoumáním poly(vinylmethyldimethoxysilanu) jako možného prekurzoru pro elektrostatické zvlákňování. Za účelem přípravy polymeru na bázi vinylmethylsilanu byla provedena radikálová polymerace a podmínky reakce byly modifikovány se záměrem změny molekulové hmotnosti získaného polymeru. Stupeň polymerace byl upravován na základě změny koncentrace iniciátoru a byl stanovován dynamickým rozptylem světla v roztoku polymeru a spektroskopickou metodou nukleární magnetické rezonance. Elektrostatické zvlákňování je velkou měrou spojeno s vlastnostmi roztoku a důraz byl proto kladen právě na zjištění těchto vlastností. Na základě experimentů bylo zjištěno, že syntetizovaný polymer je na přípravu vláken vhodný. Nicméně byly získány i fragmenty vláken a to s využitím polymeru v roztoku methanolu. Předpokladem zvlákňování je dostatek propojení mezi polymerními řetězci. Tento přístup byl studován se zapojením sol-gel postupu a bylo zjištěno, že fáze sol-gel procesu je velmi významná s ohledem na tvorbu vláken. Dalším využitým postupem pro získání vláken bylo začlenění dalšího polymeru do směsi jako nosiče a tímto postupem byla získána vlákna s různým průměrem.