Structure and Optical Properties of Titania-PDMS Hybrid Nanocomposites Prepared by In Situ Non-Aqueous Synthesis
Organic-inorganic hybrid materials are attractive due to the combination of properties from the two distinct types of materials. In this work, transparent titania-polydimethylsiloxane hybrid materials with up to 15.5 vol. % TiO2 content were prepared by an in situ non-aqueous method using titanium (...
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author | Antoine R. M. Dalod Ola G. Grendal Anders B. Blichfeld Vedran Furtula Javier Pérez Lars Henriksen Tor Grande Mari-Ann Einarsrud |
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description | Organic-inorganic hybrid materials are attractive due to the combination of properties from the two distinct types of materials. In this work, transparent titania-polydimethylsiloxane hybrid materials with up to 15.5 vol. % TiO2 content were prepared by an in situ non-aqueous method using titanium (IV) isopropoxide and hydroxy-terminated polydimethylsiloxane as precursors. Spectroscopy (Fourier transform infrared, Raman, Ultraviolet-visible, ellipsometry) and small-angle X-ray scattering analysis allowed to describe in detail the structure and the optical properties of the nanocomposites. Titanium alkoxide was successfully used as a cross-linker and titania-like nanodomains with an average size of approximately 4 nm were shown to form during the process. The resulting hybrid nanocomposites exhibit high transparency and tunable refractive index from 1.42 up to 1.56, depending on the titania content. |
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spelling | doaj.art-61e2f5660964468a91e2d067a10c57b92022-12-22T00:21:21ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912017-12-0171246010.3390/nano7120460nano7120460Structure and Optical Properties of Titania-PDMS Hybrid Nanocomposites Prepared by In Situ Non-Aqueous SynthesisAntoine R. M. Dalod0Ola G. Grendal1Anders B. Blichfeld2Vedran Furtula3Javier Pérez4Lars Henriksen5Tor Grande6Mari-Ann Einarsrud7Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, NorwayDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, NorwayDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, NorwayDepartment of Physics, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, NorwaySWING Beamline at Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers Saint-Aubin BP 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, FrancepoLight AS, Kongeveien 77, 3188 Horten, NorwayDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, NorwayDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, NorwayOrganic-inorganic hybrid materials are attractive due to the combination of properties from the two distinct types of materials. In this work, transparent titania-polydimethylsiloxane hybrid materials with up to 15.5 vol. % TiO2 content were prepared by an in situ non-aqueous method using titanium (IV) isopropoxide and hydroxy-terminated polydimethylsiloxane as precursors. Spectroscopy (Fourier transform infrared, Raman, Ultraviolet-visible, ellipsometry) and small-angle X-ray scattering analysis allowed to describe in detail the structure and the optical properties of the nanocomposites. Titanium alkoxide was successfully used as a cross-linker and titania-like nanodomains with an average size of approximately 4 nm were shown to form during the process. The resulting hybrid nanocomposites exhibit high transparency and tunable refractive index from 1.42 up to 1.56, depending on the titania content.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/7/12/460hybrid materialorganic-inorganicnanocompositetitaniaTiO2polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)non-aqueoussol-gelrefractive index |
spellingShingle | Antoine R. M. Dalod Ola G. Grendal Anders B. Blichfeld Vedran Furtula Javier Pérez Lars Henriksen Tor Grande Mari-Ann Einarsrud Structure and Optical Properties of Titania-PDMS Hybrid Nanocomposites Prepared by In Situ Non-Aqueous Synthesis Nanomaterials hybrid material organic-inorganic nanocomposite titania TiO2 polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) non-aqueous sol-gel refractive index |
title | Structure and Optical Properties of Titania-PDMS Hybrid Nanocomposites Prepared by In Situ Non-Aqueous Synthesis |
title_full | Structure and Optical Properties of Titania-PDMS Hybrid Nanocomposites Prepared by In Situ Non-Aqueous Synthesis |
title_fullStr | Structure and Optical Properties of Titania-PDMS Hybrid Nanocomposites Prepared by In Situ Non-Aqueous Synthesis |
title_full_unstemmed | Structure and Optical Properties of Titania-PDMS Hybrid Nanocomposites Prepared by In Situ Non-Aqueous Synthesis |
title_short | Structure and Optical Properties of Titania-PDMS Hybrid Nanocomposites Prepared by In Situ Non-Aqueous Synthesis |
title_sort | structure and optical properties of titania pdms hybrid nanocomposites prepared by in situ non aqueous synthesis |
topic | hybrid material organic-inorganic nanocomposite titania TiO2 polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) non-aqueous sol-gel refractive index |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/7/12/460 |
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