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dc.contributor.advisorDemir, Mustafa Muammeren
dc.contributor.authorParlak, Onur-
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-22T13:50:57Z-
dc.date.available2014-07-22T13:50:57Z-
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11147/3143-
dc.descriptionThesis (Master)--Izmir Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Izmir, 2011en
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves: 31-33)en
dc.descriptionText in English; Abstract: Turkish and Englishen
dc.descriptionviii, 33 leavesen
dc.description.abstractThe composite materials prepared by transparent polymer and nanosized particles possess promising future in optical design and applications since their controllable optical properties. In this study, transparent/translucent composite films based on polystyrene (PS) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-grafted CeO2 nanoparticles were prepared. CeO2 nanoparticles were precipitated from Ce(NO3)3·6H2O and urea in dimethyl formamide at 120°C. The surface of the nanoparticles was modified with a polymerizable surfactant, 3-methacyloxypropyltrimethoxy silane (MPS) in situ at 0°C. The size of the particles was fixed to 18 nm in diameter. The particles were dispersed into a mixture of MMA:toluene solution. The free radical solution polymerization was carried out in situ at 60°C using benzoyl peroxide (BPO) as initiator. A PMMA layer is formed around CeO2 nanoparticles. The thickness of the shell ranged from 9 to 84 nm was controlled by the amount of BPO using 6 and 0.5 wt %, respectively with respect to monomer. The layer thickness was found to be inversely proportional with the amount of initiator. The resulting PMMA-grafted CeO2 particles were blended with PS in tetrahydrofuran and the solution was spin-coat on a glass slide. CeO2 content in the composite films was fixed to 5.5 wt %. The transmission of the films was examined by UV-vis spectroscopy. The transmission of the PS composite prepared by neat CeO2 particles was 71 %. It was increased to 85 % when the composite prepared with PMMA-grafted CeO2 particles whose PMMA thickness is 9 nm. We believe that the achievement in transparency is most probably due to the reduction in refractive index mismatch between CeO2 particles and PS matrix using PMMA layer at interface.en
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIzmir Institute of Technologyen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolymersen
dc.subject.lcshNanocomposites (Materials)en
dc.titleFabrication of transparent polymer nanocomposites containing pmma-grafted CeO2 particlesen_US
dc.typeMaster Thesisen_US
dc.institutionauthorParlak, Onur-
dc.departmentThesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineeringen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryTezen_US
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