In situ and ex situ preparations of ZnO/poly-{trans-[RuCl2(vpy)4]/styrene} nanocomposites

Autor: Angela S. Pereira, Karen Segala, César V. Franco, Rosilene L. Dutra, Tito Trindade
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society. 21:1986-1991
ISSN: 0103-5053
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-50532010001000026
Popis: As nanoparticulas de semicondutores sao de grande interesse cientifico e tecnologico devido ao fato das suas propriedades eletronicas e opticas dependerem do tamanho das particulas. Os nanocristais de semicondutores tem sido intensamente investigados, por exemplo, como nanocargas em diversas matrizes polimericas. Neste trabalho e apresentada a sintese de nanocompositos obtidos pela incorporacao de nanocristais (NCs) de ZnO no copolimero poli-{trans-[RuCl 2 (vpy) 4 ]/sty} (sty = estireno e vpy = 4-vinilpiridina). Numa primeira etapa, o copolimero foi preparado por meio da reacao entre os monomeros trans-[RuCl 2 (vpy) 4 ] e estireno. Em seguida, NCs de ZnO passivados organicamente foram misturados com o copolimero poli-{trans-[RuCl 2 (vpy) 4 ]/sty}, em CH 2 Cl 2 , para produzir filmes polimericos do nanocomposito apos evaporacao do solvente (metodo ex situ). As propriedades destes materiais foram comparadas com as de nanocompositos analogos obtidos a partir da polimerizacao in situ na presenca de NCs de ZnO. Nanosized semiconductor particles are of great scientific and technological interest because of their size-dependent electronic and optical properties. Semiconductor nanocrystals have been investigated, for example, as nano-fillers for diverse polymer matrices in order to produce new optically active materials. Here we report, for the first time, results concerning the preparation of nanocomposites made of ZnO nanocrystals (NCs) incorporated in the co-polymer poly-{trans[RuCl 2 (vpy) 4 ]/sty (sty = styrene and vpy = 4-vinylpyridine). In a first step, the co-polymer was prepared by reaction of trans-[RuCl 2 (vpy) 4 ] with styrene. Then, organically capped ZnO NCs and poly-{trans-[RuCl 2 (vpy) 4 ]/sty} were mixed in CH 2 Cl 2 to produce cast films of the nanocomposites after evaporation of the solvent (ex situ method). The properties of these materials were compared to those of nanocomposites obtained by in situ polymerization in the presence of ZnO NCs.
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