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Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and The Related Elements: Click For Updates
Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and The Related Elements: Click For Updates
To cite this article: Xiang-Mei Ma, Xue-Ying Liu, Bin Wang, Jia-Ju Ma, Ming-Xu Zhang & Jie He (2015)
Synthesis of Hybrid Nanocomposites Based on Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Using Atom
Transfer Radical Polymerization, Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements, 190:2,
200-207, DOI: 10.1080/10426507.2014.914934
To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10426507.2014.914934
POSS (CH2)3Cl
(R
CH2CH2CH2Cl )
CH3
C
C O
O
CH3
CuCl/bpy
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oC
Si O Si
O
O
Si O Si
O
O
O
O
Si O Si
O
O
Si O Si
R
Si O Si CHCH
2CH2Cl
2
O
O
R Si O Si
O
RO
O
R O
Si O Si R
O
O
Si O Si
R
R
CH3
(CH2)3 CH2 [ C ]nCl
COOCH3
Abstract A new organic/inorganic hybrid polymer POSS/PMMA was prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), in which Octa( -chloropropyl) polyhedral oligomeric
silsesquioxane (POSSCl) was used as a crosslink agent to incorporate poly(methyl methacrylate) (MMA). The structure and composition of the composite was characterized using various techniques, including Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), 1H NMR, X-ray
diffraction (XRD) as well as gel permeation chromatography (GPC). All the results indicated that POSS molecule was successfully incorporated into the PMMA matrix. The thermal
stability property of the composite was investigated by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA).
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The results showed that the composite displayed good thermal stability and higher temperatures
at maximum weight loss rate (Tmax ) than that of the pure PMMA homopolymer, which may be
attributed to the incorporation of rigid silica cube.
Keywords Atom transfer radical; composite; methyl methacrylate (MMA); Polyhedral
Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS); polymerization (ATRP)
INTRODUCTION
Organicinorganic nanocomposite materials have been regarded as a new generation
of high performance and high functional materials since they combine both the advantages
of the inorganic materials and organic polymers.1 Therefore, organicinorganic nanocomposite materials have been widely explored and used in the fields such as mechanics,
sensors, catalyst, energy, optical, and electronic devices.2 So synthesis and preparation of
organicinorganic nanocomposite have attracted much attention in the field of polymer
science. Among a series of inorganic components, polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane
(POSS) was the most interesting one because of its well-defined nanostructures, which have
inorganic silica cores surrounded by organic functional groups.3,4 POSS can be easily incorporated into a polymer matrix by either physical blending or chemical reaction to obtain
novel polymer hybrids with enhanced thermal and flammability resistance properties.
POSS-containing polymers have been previously prepared by conventional radical
copolymerization, condensation polymerization,57 or ring-opening metathesis polymerization,810 and it is difficult to form well-defined POSS-containing polymers with predictable
molecular weights, various architectures, and narrow molecular weight distributions.11 In
order to understand the effect of POSS in a polymer matrix, it is necessary to synthesize a
well-defined POSS-containing polymer. In recent years, atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) has been proved to be an efficient method to synthesize well-defined polymers,
which has been widely applied in the preparation of POSS-containing hybrid polymers with
well-defined topological structure.12 Matyjaszewski et al. reported the atom transfer radical polymerization of methacrylate functional POSS, and then using this method, block
copolymers and star-block copolymers were also prepared.13 Bai et al. firstly synthesized
POSS-containing ATRP initiator (POSS-PBI-Br) in three steps, and then ATRP of NIPAM
was carried out using POSS-PBI-Br as the initiator in the presence of CuBr/Me6 TREN.
Finally, the optical properties of POSS-containing hybrid polymer were investigated.14
Fei et al. synthesized a POSS/PMMA composite using Si Cl bond on monofunctional
POSS as an ATRP initiator, and the mono-dispersion of POSS in PMMA matrix was
achieved.15
Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is an important thermoplastic material, which
presents interesting characteristics such as high transparency, high strength, and dimensional stability. However, its poor heat resistance limits its applications.16 Compared
with pure PMMA, POSS/PMMA exhibits unique thermal stability. For example, Weickmann et al. synthesized PMMA/POSS composites via the self-assembly of nonreactive [Si7 O9 (cyclohexyl)7 (OSiMeH)3 ] and [Si8 O12 (OSiMe2 H)8 ].17 Toepfer prepared crosslinked methacryloxypropyl POSS/PMMA nanocomposites by copolymerization.18 Zhao
et al. prepared octavinyl-POSS (OV-POSS)/ PMMA nanocomposites.19 In this article, we
prepared a star-shaped POSS/PMMA hybrid polymer using octa( -chloropropyl) polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane as the initiator in the presence of Bpy and CuCl, and the
chemical structure of the POSS/PMMA hybrid polymer was fully established by FT-IR,
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Si O Si
O
O
Si O Si
O
O
O
O
Si O Si
O
O
Si O Si
CH3
(CH2)3 CH2 [ C ]nCl
COOCH3
H NMR, XRD, and GPC. The thermal properties of the hybrid polymer were also investigated by TGA.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The POSS/PMMA hybrid polymer was synthesized by ATRP using octafunctional
POSS as the initiator in the presence of Bpy and CuCl. The chemical structure of the
hybrid polymer was first characterized by FT-IR (Figure 1). In the FT-IR spectrum of POSS
(Figure 1(A)), there is a strong absorption band at 1115 cm1, which is attributed to the
stretching vibration of Si O Si in the POSS molecule. The peak at 698 cm1 is due to
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C Cl stretching. After the polymerization of MMA, some new absorption bands at 1732
and 1147 cm1 appear in the FT-IR spectrum of POSS/PMMA (Figure 1(B)) corresponding
to the carbonyl stretching vibration and C O C stretching vibration, respectively.20 The
absorption band of Si O Si stretching vibration is overlapped with the one of C O C
stretching vibration. Compared to the FT-IR spectrum of POSS, the peak at 698 cm1
disappears, which confirms that the ATRP of MMA was achieved using POSS as the
initiator.
In order to further confirm the structure of the POSS/PMMA composite, 1H NMR
spectra of POSS and POSS/PMMA are shown in Figure 2 For pure POSS, the signals at 0.83,
1.83, and 3.55 ppm were assigned to the protons in the -chloropropyl For POSS/PMMA,
the signal at 3.60 ppm is attributed to the protons in COOCH 3 , and the signals at
1.292.20 ppm and 0.701.24 ppm are assigned to the protons of methylene and methyl
in the backbone of PMMA.21 The signal of the proton in CH2 CH2 CH 2 Cl at 3.55 ppm
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Figure 5 TGA (5a) and DTG (5b) curves of PMMA (A) and POSS/PMMA (B and C).
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CONCLUSIONS
In this work, a new POSS/PMMA composite was successfully prepared using octa( chloropropyl) POSS as the initiator. The chemical structure of POSS/PMMA composite
were characterized by FTIR, 1H NMR, XRD, and GPC. The results show that POSS
molecule was successfully bonded to PMMA matrix and the polymerization was well
controlled. The data of TGA analysis suggest that the thermal stability of pure PMMA is
enhanced after the incorporation of the rigid POSS molecule, and the enhancement in the
thermal properties largely depended on the POSS content.
EXPERIMENTAL
Materials and Methods
Methyl methacrylate (MMA) was washed successively with 5% NaOH and then
washed with water until neutralization. After drying with anhydrous Na2 SO4 , MMA was
subsequently distilled under reduce pressure. 2,2 -bipyridine (Bpy) (AR) was purified and
prepared according to previously reported procedures.26 (3-Chloropropyl)trimethoxy silane
[ClC3 H6 Si(OCH3 )3] and other reagents were obtained from Shanghai Sinopharm Chemical
Reagents Co Ltd. without further purification.
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