Nanocomposite functionalized

Keywords Carbon nanotubes, biomolecules, nanocomposites, functionalization, applications... 

Polymer nanocomposites are combinations of polymers containing inorganic or organic fillers of definite geometries (fibres, flakes, spheres, particulates and so on). The use of fillers, which have one dimension on the nanometre scale, enables the production of polymer nanocomposites. Functional nanocomposites with specific properties can be custom-made by combining metal nanoparticles (MNP) into the polymer matrix. 

Pandiaraj, M., Sethy, N.K., Bhargava, K., Kameswararao, V., Karunakaran, C., 2014. Designing label-free electrochemical immunosensors for cytochrome c using nanocomposites functionalized screen printed electrodes. Biosens. Bioelectron. 54, 115—121. 

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Li R, Xia Q, Li Z, Sun X, Liu J (2013) Electrochemical immunosensor for ultrasensitive detection of microcystin-LR based on graphene-gold nanocomposite/functional conducting polymer/gold nanoparticle/ionic liquid composite film with electrodeposition. Biosens Bioelectron 44 235-240... 

One invariably finds that nanocomposites have a much lower peak heat release rate (PHRR) than the virgin polymer. The peak heat release rate for polystyrene and the three nanocomposites are also shown graphically in Fig. 5.16. P16-3 means that the nanocompoite was formed using 3% of P16 clay with polystyrene. The peak heat release rate falls as the amount of clay was increased. The suggested mechanism by which clay nanocomposites function involves the formation of a char that serves as a barrier to both mass and energy transport. It is reasonable that as the fraction of clay increases, the amount of char that can be formed increases and the rate at which heat is released is decreased. There has... 

SOFCs with Thin Nanocomposite Functional Layers... 

Li X-H, Chen J-S, Wang X, Srm J, Antonietti M (2011) Metal-free activation of dioxygen by graphene/g-C3N4 nanocomposites functional dyads for selective oxidation of saturated hydrocarbons. J Am Chem Soc 133(21) 8074-8077... 

The reactivity of T8[OSiMe2H]g is dominated by its capacity to undergo hydrosilylation reactions with a wide variety of vinyl and allyl derivatives (Figure 30) that have subsequently mainly been used as precursors to polymers and nanocomposites by the introduction of reactive terminating functions as shown in Table 19. For example, T8[OSiMe2H]g has been modified with allyglycidyl ether, epoxy-5-hexene, and 1,2-cyclohexene-epoxide to give epoxy-terminated FOSS. These have then been treated with m-phenylenediamine, with polyamic acids or... 

A methacrylate function has been introduced using the reaction of T8[OSi Me2H]8 with allyl alcohol and then methacryloyl chloride. Preliminary studies on polymerization under UV irradiation of the reaction product showed the formation of nanocomposites (Table 19, entries 5 and 7). The bromo-terminated compound formed by the reaction of T8[0SiMe2(CH2)30H]8 with 2-bromo-... 

Electrical conductivity measurements revealed that ionic conductivity of Ag-starch nanocomposites increased as a function of temperature (Fig.l7) which is an indication of a thermally activated conduction mechanism [40]. This behavior is attributed to increase of charge carrier (Ag+ ions) energy with rise in temperature. It is also foimd to increase with increasing concentration of Ag ion precursor (inset of Fig.l7). This potentiality can lead to development of novel biosensors for biotechnological applications such as DNA detection. 

Fig. 22—Friction coefficients between WC ball and TiN/Si3N4 nanocomposite coatings as function of the Si content. The coatings were deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering. The friction coefficients of the TiN/Si3N4 coatings were obtained under the load of 20 N. In the case of the TiN coating and the Si3N4 coating, the load is 5 N, because the two coatings will fail and peel off from the substrate under the load of 20 N.

This is another important and widely used polymer. Nanocomposites have been prepared based on this rubber mostly for flame-retardancy behavior. Blends with acrylic functional polymer and maleic anhydride-grafted ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) have also been used both with nanoclays and carbon nanotubes to prepare nanocomposites [65-69]. 

This is a highly polar polymer and crystalline due to the presence of amide linkages. To achieve effective intercalation and exfoliation, the nanoclay has to be modified with some functional polar group. Most commonly, amino acid treatment is done for the nanoclays. Nanocomposites have been prepared using in situ polymerization [85] and melt-intercalation methods [113-117]. Crystallization behavior [118-122], mechanical [123,124], thermal, and barrier properties, and kinetic study [125,126] have been carried out. Nylon-based nanocomposites are now being produced commercially. 

Chemical pretreatments with amines, silanes, or addition of dispersants improve physical disaggregation of CNTs and help in better dispersion of the same in rubber matrices. Natural rubber (NR), ethylene-propylene-diene-methylene rubber, butyl rubber, EVA, etc. have been used as the rubber matrices so far. The resultant nanocomposites exhibit superiority in mechanical, thermal, flame retardancy, and processibility. George et al. [26] studied the effect of functionalized and unfunctionalized MWNT on various properties of high vinyl acetate (50 wt%) containing EVA-MWNT composites. Figure 4.5 displays the TEM image of functionalized nanombe-reinforced EVA nanocomposite. 

FIG. 12 X-ray diffraction patterns of poly(dimethylsiloxane)-clay nanocomposites prepared from dimethyl ditallowammonium-exchanged montmorillonite as a function of the weight ratio of water to silicate. (From Ref. 67.)... 

Scheme 1. The concept of polyfunctionality of a nanocomposite obtained from a nanostructured metal (0) and a cross-linked functional polymer.

The case of M /0 (M = Pd, Au) nanocomposites is illustrated. is a gel-type cross-linked functional polymer coded as MTEMA-DMAA 4-8 [14] (Figure 8). 

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