Continuous Flow Fabrication of Block Copolymer-Grafted Silica Micro-Particles in Environmentally Friendly Water/Ethanol Media

Ye, Piaoran; Cao, Peng-Fei; Chen, Qiyi; Advincula, Rigoberto

doi:10.1002/mame.201800451

Title: Continuous Flow Fabrication of Block Copolymer-Grafted Silica Micro-Particles in Environmentally Friendly Water/Ethanol Media

Journal Article · 08 October 2018 · Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.201800451 · OSTI ID:1484979

Ye, Piaoran ^[1];

^[2]; Chen, Qiyi ^[1];

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Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH (United States). Dept. of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical Sciences Division

Polymer-grafted inorganic particles (PGIPs) are attractive building blocks for numerous chemical and material applications. Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-CRP) is the most feasible method to fabricate PGIPs. However, a conventional in-batch reaction still suffers from several disadvantages, including time-consuming purification processes, low grafting efficiency, and possible gelation problems. Herein, a facile method is demonstrated to synthesize block copolymer–grafted inorganic particles, that is, poly(poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) (PPEGMEMA)-b-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM)–grafted silica micro-particles using continuous flow chemistry in an environmentally friendly aqueous media. Immobilizing the chain transfer agent and subsequent SI-CRP can be accomplished sequentially in a continuous flow system, avoiding multi-step purification processes in between. The chain length (MW) of the grafted polymers is tunable by adjusting the flow time or monomer concentration, and the narrower molar mass dispersity (Ð < 1.4) of the grafted polymers reveals the uniform polymer chains on the particles. Moreover, compared with the in-batch reaction at the same condition, the continuous system also suppresses possible gelation problems.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1484979

Journal Information:: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Journal Name: Macromolecular Materials and Engineering Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 304; ISSN 1438-7492

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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