Issue 6, 2017

Colloidal nano-toolbox for molecularly regulated polymerization: chemorheology over 6 decades of viscoelasticity

Abstract

A universal approach to gain control over molecular interactions among activated, ready-to-react monomers, e.g., ammonium zirconium carbonate, has been proposed in which the monomers bind to two families of nanoengineered celluloses, namely hairy and conventional nanocelluloses with various surface functionalities and steric and electrosteric moieties. Engineering the colloidal interactions, the polymerization reaction was tailored to yield a spectrum of ultrasoft (5 decades decrease in viscoelastic moduli) to highly-reinforced (4000% enhanced viscoelasticity) nanocomposites using only 0.5 wt% nanoparticles.

Graphical abstract: Colloidal nano-toolbox for molecularly regulated polymerization: chemorheology over 6 decades of viscoelasticity

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Jul 2017
Accepted
20 Sep 2017
First published
22 Sep 2017

Mater. Horiz., 2017,4, 1165-1170

Colloidal nano-toolbox for molecularly regulated polymerization: chemorheology over 6 decades of viscoelasticity

A. Sheikhi, H. Yang, P. J. Carreau and T. G. M. van de Ven, Mater. Horiz., 2017, 4, 1165 DOI: 10.1039/C7MH00575J

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