화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.97, 307-315, May, 2021
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2021.02.010  Export Citation
Polystyrene nanoparticles prepared by nanoprecipitation: A recyclable template for fabricating hollow silica
Khanh B. Vu1, 2, †, Thanh Khoa Phung1, 2, Thao T.T. Tran3, Clement Mugemana4, Ha N. Giang3, and Truong Le Phuc Nhi5
  • 1Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Biotechnology, International University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 2Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 3Faculty of Chemical Technology, Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • 4Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg
  • 5School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK
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Polystyrene was synthesized and applied as a template for fabricating hollow silica nanoparticles. Organic solvent and water were used as a solvent and an anti-solvent, respectively, to produce the polystyrene nanoparticles via. nanoprecipitation technique. The influence of precipitation method (oneshot or drop), solvent for dissolution of polystyrene, and concentration of polystyrene or CTAB linker on the diameter of polystyrene nanoparticles was investigated. The hollow silica nanoparticles were fabricated using the as-made polystyrene nanoparticles as a template with the help of CTAB linker. Polystyrene was recovered by the extraction of polystyrene@SiO2 composite with the tetrahydrofuran solvent, and the recovered polystyrene was re-used to make the polystyrene nanoparticles as a template for fabricating hollow silica nanoparticles. Our study can be applied for other types of polymeric materials as long as those polymeric materials form nanoparticles via. nanoprecipitation technique. In comparison with the polystyrene hard template prepared by emulsion polymerization, the size of polystyrene nanoparticles produced by the nanoprecipitation technique can be well-tuned by changing the polystyrene and linker concentrations.
Keywords:Hollow silica;Nanoprecipitation;Recyclable template;Polystyrene;Porous materials
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