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Title: | Photo-induced copper-mediated (meth) acrylate polymerization towards graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide modification | Authors: | RAILIAN, Svitlana HAVEN, Joris MAES, Lowie DE SLOOVERE, Dries Trouillet, V Welle, A ADRIAENSENS, Peter VAN BAEL, Marlies HARDY, An DEFERME, Wim JUNKERS, Tanja |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Publisher: | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Source: | EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL, 134 (Art N° 109810) | Abstract: | The preparation of well-dispersed graphene/polymer nanocomposites is challenging due to the poor miscibility of graphene sheets in a polymer matrix. To enhance the interaction between both phases, graphene sheets can be decorated with polymer chains. Herein, different strategies to graft poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and poly(di(ethylene glycol) ethyl ether acrylate) (PDEGA) chains at various positions on graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide (GO/rGO) sheets are compared. Chain attachment was achieved by "grafting-to" and "grafting-from" methods. Grafting-to was performed by classical copper (I)-catalyzed alkyne azide cycloaddition. Using a grafting-from approach, PMMA and PDEGA brushes were grown from GO and rGO sheets via surface-initiated photo-induced copper-mediated polymerization (SI-photoCMP). SI-photoCMP is a robust and efficient method that allows polymerizations to be carried out under mild conditions and with reduced catalyst concentration. Moreover, the successful implementation of SI-photoCMP in a continuous-flow set-up enables easy upscaling of the system and is, therefore, a more efficient and environmentally friendly process for GO/rGO surface modification. By using the grafting-to approach, the grafting density of PMMA (M-n = 2,600 g/mol) was one chain per 990 carbons of graphene. In contrast, longer PMMA chains (M-n = 40,300 g/mol) and higher grafting density were obtained via the grafting-from method (one PMMA chain per 140 carbons of graphene). | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/33203 | ISSN: | 0014-3057 | e-ISSN: | 1873-1945 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2020.109810 | ISI #: | WOS:000552030700001 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2021 |
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