Emulsion Technique to Synthesize Polystyrene Incorporated with Surface Modified and Unmodified Nano-TiO2 Particles

Mahdi Mirzababaei; Hossein Behniafar; Hamid Hashemimoghadam

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.829.643

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Emulsion Technique to Synthesize Polystyrene Incorporated with Surface Modified and Unmodified Nano-TiO₂ Particles

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In the present work, we have focused on the synthesis and characterization of Polystyrene (PS) nanocomposites incorporated with anatase-TiO₂. The nanoTiO₂ particles were used in two forms including surface modified (mod TiO₂) and surface unmodified (unmod TiO₂). Accordingly, two PS/TiO₂nanocomposites were synthesized, i.e. (PS/mod TiO₂) and (PS/unmod TiO₂), starting from styrene monomer in the presence of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) emulsifier. 4,4-Methylene diphenyldiisocyanate (4,4-MDI) was used for the surface modification of the nanoTiO₂ particles via urethanation reaction with terminal OH groups. After modification, optical behavior of the samples was determined. The chemical structure of pure polystyrene (pure-PS), (mod TiO₂), (PS/mod TiO₂), and (PS/unmod TiO₂) was confirmed by FT-IR spectroscopy. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses obviously showed the broad peak related to the (pure-PS) centered at 2θ of 20 ° as well as the sharp characteristic peak of the TiO₂ nanoparticles appeared at about 2θ of 25 °. Moreover, diffuse reflectance UV/vis spectroscopy analyses, (mod TiO₂) and (PS/mod TiO₂) samples showed strong visible absorption at the range of 400 to 600 nm.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volume 829)

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Mahdi Mirzababaei*, Hossein Behniafar, Hamid Hashemimoghadam

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Diffuse Reflectance UV/Vis, Emulsion Technique, Optical Behavior, Polystyrene, Surface Modification, TiO₂

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