TY - GEN
T1 - Surface-initiated group-transfer polymerization - A catalytic approach to stimuli-responsive Silicon nanocrystal hybrid materials
AU - Kehrle, Julian
AU - Helbich, Tobias
AU - Iqbal, Muhammad
AU - Hadidi, Lida
AU - Veinot, Jonathan G.C.
AU - Rieger, Bernhard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Materials Research Society.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Silicon nanocrystals are photoluminescent materials with a tremendous scope in various niche applications especially the generation of hybrid materials. Our approach for the preparation of stimuli responsive SiNC hybrid materials is based on the application of surface-initiated group-transfer polymerization. As a first step we used photografting of ethyleneglycol di(methacrylate). Then we impregnated remaining methyl acrylic surface groups with the catalyst Cp2YCH2TMS(thf). We performed polymerization studies regarding catalyst and diethyl vinylphosphonate (DEVP) concentrations, highlighting that surface grafting is dependent upon catalyst concentration and independent from added monomer amount. Furthermore, we successfully polymerized methyl methacrylate, dimethyl vinylphosphonate and di/jopropyl vinylphosphonate from the SiNC surface.
AB - Silicon nanocrystals are photoluminescent materials with a tremendous scope in various niche applications especially the generation of hybrid materials. Our approach for the preparation of stimuli responsive SiNC hybrid materials is based on the application of surface-initiated group-transfer polymerization. As a first step we used photografting of ethyleneglycol di(methacrylate). Then we impregnated remaining methyl acrylic surface groups with the catalyst Cp2YCH2TMS(thf). We performed polymerization studies regarding catalyst and diethyl vinylphosphonate (DEVP) concentrations, highlighting that surface grafting is dependent upon catalyst concentration and independent from added monomer amount. Furthermore, we successfully polymerized methyl methacrylate, dimethyl vinylphosphonate and di/jopropyl vinylphosphonate from the SiNC surface.
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U2 - 10.1557/opl.2015.550
DO - 10.1557/opl.2015.550
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84983354236
T3 - Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
SP - 13
EP - 18
BT - Emerging Silicon Science and Technology
A2 - Collins, Rueben
A2 - Holman, Zachary
A2 - Terakawa, Akira
A2 - Stradins, Paul
A2 - Hekmatshoar, Bahman
PB - Materials Research Society
T2 - 2015 MRS Spring Meeting
Y2 - 6 April 2015 through 10 April 2015
ER -