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Review
. 2010 Jul 13;3(7):4066-4079.
doi: 10.3390/ma3074066.

Synthesis of Polymer-Mesoporous Silica Nanocomposites

Liangming Wei  1 , Nantao Hu  2 , Yafei Zhang  3
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Review

Synthesis of Polymer-Mesoporous Silica Nanocomposites

Liangming Wei et al. Materials (Basel). .

Abstract

Polymer nanocomposites show unique properties combining the advantages of the inorganic nanofillers and the organic polymers. The mesoporous silica nanofillers have received much attention due to their ordered structure, high surface area and ease for functionalization of the nanopores. To accommodate macromolecules, the nanopores lead to unusually intimate interactions between the polymer and the inorganic phase, and some unusual properties can be observed, when compared with nonporous fillers. Whereas many review articles have been devoted to polymer/nonporous nanofiller nanocomposites, few review articles focus on polymer/mesoporous silica nanocomposites. This review summarizes the recent development in the methods for synthesizing polymer/mesoporous silica nanocomposites based on the papers published from 1998 to 2009, and some unique properties of these composites are also described.

Keywords: mesoporous silica; nanocomposites; polymer.

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Figure 1
(a) Postsynthetic functionalization and (b) co-condensation methods for organic modification of mesoporous silica.
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Figure 2
ATRP method for grafting polymer onto the mesoporous silica.
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Figure 3
RAFT method for grafting polymer onto the mesoporous silica.
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Figure 4
(a) The schematic illustration for emulsion polymerization of ethylene from MSN, (b) The TEM of the resulting PE/mesoporous silica composites. Reproduced with permission from [74]. Copyright 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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