TY - JOUR
T1 - Morphological and spectroscopic analyses of poly(alkyl methacrylate)/ poly(thiophene) composite nanoparticles prepared by dual initiation system
AU - Lee, Seung Mo
AU - Cho, Wonseok
AU - Sankaraiah, Subramani
AU - Lee, Sun Jong
AU - Kim, Jung Hyun
AU - Cheong, In Woo
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PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Poly(alkyl methacrylate)/poly(thiophene) (PAMA/PTh) core/shell nanoparticles were synthesized using a one-pot dual initiation system. A ferric chloride/hydrogen peroxide mixture and sodium vinyl sulfonate were used as an initiator couple and a reactive surfactant, respectively. In the dual initiation, process variables such as the concentration of reactive surfactant, monomer ratio, and monomer type were adjusted to control the particle size of PAMA/PTh core/shell nanoparticles from 192 to 1,172 nm. The inner structure of the core/shell nanoparticles was confirmed in their morphological transition from spherical particles to a crumpled sheath using a solvent extraction method and field-emission scanning electron microscopy. From the spectroscopic data, it was found that the UV-adsorption and fluorescent emission intensity of PAMA/PTh latexes increased with a decrease in the average particle size. The quantum efficiency of all the samples was approximately 12 % and was unaffected by the particle size.
AB - Poly(alkyl methacrylate)/poly(thiophene) (PAMA/PTh) core/shell nanoparticles were synthesized using a one-pot dual initiation system. A ferric chloride/hydrogen peroxide mixture and sodium vinyl sulfonate were used as an initiator couple and a reactive surfactant, respectively. In the dual initiation, process variables such as the concentration of reactive surfactant, monomer ratio, and monomer type were adjusted to control the particle size of PAMA/PTh core/shell nanoparticles from 192 to 1,172 nm. The inner structure of the core/shell nanoparticles was confirmed in their morphological transition from spherical particles to a crumpled sheath using a solvent extraction method and field-emission scanning electron microscopy. From the spectroscopic data, it was found that the UV-adsorption and fluorescent emission intensity of PAMA/PTh latexes increased with a decrease in the average particle size. The quantum efficiency of all the samples was approximately 12 % and was unaffected by the particle size.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00396-012-2791-y
DO - 10.1007/s00396-012-2791-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84872407786
VL - 291
SP - 33
EP - 44
JO - Colloid and Polymer Science
JF - Colloid and Polymer Science
SN - 0303-402X
IS - 1
ER -