Silica (inorganic)-g-polymer (organic) hybrid materials with a large variety of functionality have been studied intensively because of the improvement in their physical and chemical properties (e.g., thermal, mechanical, electrical, magnetic properties, etc.) with respect to conventional organic and inorganic materials. 1–3 This research work introduces a new strategy based on in situ formation of poly(methyl methacrylate) block copolymer grafted silica nanoparticles. The thesis is divided into two major parts. In the first part, the atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) method was used to synthesize poly(methyl methacrylate-b-trimethoxysilyl propyl methacrylate) (PMMA-b-PTMSPMA); and poly(methyl methacrylate-b-trimethoxysilyl propyl acrylate) (PMMA-b-PTMSPA) block copolymers. Gel permeation chromatography (GPC) was performed to determine the number-average molecular weight (Mn) and polydispersity index (Đ) of PMMA-b PTMSPMA and PMMA-b-PTMSPA. In addition, proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H NMR) was used to confirm the successful synthesis of the above copolymers. In the second part, the copolymers were used to form silica nanoparticles grafted with poly(propyl methacrylate-b-methyl methacrylate) [silica-g-(PPMA-b PMMA)] and silica nanoparticles grafted with poly(propyl acrylate-b-methyl methacrylate) [silica-g-(PPA-b-PMMA)]. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and 29Si solid-state NMR were performed to confirm the formation of silica-g-(PPMA-b PMMA) and silica-g-(PPA-b-PMMA). Additionally, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was performed to assess the thermal decomposition of silica-g-(PPMA-b-PMMA) and silica-g-(PPA-b-PMMA). Multiple microscopic techniques such as TEM, cryo-TEM, SEM, and AFM were used to study micellization of the silica-g-(PPMA-b-PMMA) and silica-g-(PPA-b-PMMA) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and chloroform
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:kaust.edu.sa/oai:repository.kaust.edu.sa:10754/676013 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Albarbari, Noor H. |
| Contributors | Hadjichristidis, Nikos, Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division, Zhang, Huabin, Huang, Kuo-Wei |
| Source Sets | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | 2023-03-22, At the time of archiving, the student author of this thesis opted to temporarily restrict access to it. The full text of this thesis will become available to the public after the expiration of the embargo on 2023-03-22. |
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