Polyethylene Grafted Silica Nanoparticles Prepared via Surface-Initiated ROMP

Pribyl, Julia; Benicewicz, Brian; Bell, Michael; Wagener, Kenneth; Ning, Xin; Schadler, Linda; Jimenez, Andrew; Kumar, Sanat

doi:10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00956

Title: Polyethylene Grafted Silica Nanoparticles Prepared via Surface-Initiated ROMP

Journal Article · 11 February 2019 · ACS Macro Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00956 · OSTI ID:1596579

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Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States); University of Vermont
Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States)
Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT (United States)
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)

Polyethylene and nanosilica represent the most ubiquitous commodity plastic and nanocomposite filler, respectively. Despite their possible utility, few examples exist in the literature of successfully combining these two materials to form polyethylene nanocomposites. Synthesizing well-defined polyethylene grafted to a surface is a significant challenge in the nanocomposites community. Presented in this paper is a synthetic approach toward polyethylene grafted nanoparticles with controllable graft density and molecular weight of the grafted polymer. The variably grafted nanoparticles were then incorporated into a commercial high density polyethylene matrix. The synthesis, characterization, and challenges in making these materials are further discussed.

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Research Organization:: Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States); Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Contributing Organization:: Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL (United States)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0018111; SC0018135; SC0018182

OSTI ID:: 1596579

Journal Information:: ACS Macro Letters, Journal Name: ACS Macro Letters Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 8; ISSN 2161-1653

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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