Formation and properties of core-shell pentablock copolymer/silica hybrids

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Abstract

Two novel core-shell pentablock copolymer/silica hybrids are prepared for coating applications via growing silica on the precursor of pentablock copolymer PDMS-b-(PMMA-b-PMPS)2 (PDMM), which is synthesized by dimethylsiloxane (DMS), methylmethacrylate (MMA) and 3-(trimethyoxysilyl)propyl methacrylate (MPS). The hybrid of PDMM core/silica shell (PDMM@SiO2) is obtained by the assembled PDMM in THF/CH3OH solution with tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), but the hybrid of silica core/PDMM shell (SiO2@PDMM) is obtained by the hydrolyzed TEOS with -Si(OCH 3)3 groups during assembling of PDMM in THF solution. PDMM@SiO2 could produce a film distributed agminated SiO2 particles with 45 nm roughness, but SiO2@PDMM could produce a film scatted individual SiO2 particles with 26 nm roughness. Therefore, PDMM@SiO2 film gives an obvious hydrophobicity (116°), higher Tg (121 °C), high Td (>400 °C), low amount of water absorption (300 Hz of Δf), low viscoelasticity (-0.32 of ΔD/Δf), but tight layer structure (10 × 10-6 of ΔD) and high storage modulus (2350 MPa). However, both core-shell hybrids have the similar adhesion to the substrate (185-187 N).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5-10
Number of pages6
JournalMaterials Chemistry and Physics
Volume147
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Sep 2014

Keywords

  • Composite materials
  • Mechanical properties
  • Sol-gel growth
  • Surface properties
  • Thermal properties

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