International audienceEndowing conventional hydrophobic poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) films with hydrophilic properties was conducted using electron beam irradiation. Grafting of acrylic acid (AA) in/onto pre-irradiated PVDF films was investigated. Reaction parameters, monomer concentration and inhibitor concentration were examined. Radiation grafted films (PVDF-g-PAA) were synthesized with various grafting yields ranging from 12 to 130 wt % in presence of Mohr's salt (25 wt %). Below 80 wt % of monomer concentration, the degree of swelling was found to increase with the grafting yield. The PAA was arranged randomly in all PVDF matrix (grafting through). Above 80 wt % of monomer concentration, the PAA was grafted only onto the surface of PVDF films leading to a highly dense layer of PAA. Grafting through or surface grafting processes were achieved by varying the water fraction in the initial monomer solution. Water molecule acts not only as a carrier for the monomer but also as a plasticizer expanding the film in the three dimensions. Evidences of grafting through and surface grafting were produced using FTIR in ATR mode, SEM coupled to X-ray detection and XPS. An accurate quantification of AA units was possible up to the micromole via a Cu 2C –EDTA complex analyzed by UV–vis spectroscopy.

This article describes a general method for the deposition of gold nanoparticles onto solid support based on the use of multilamellar vesicles (MLVs). Gold nanoparticles (nps) synthesized within lipid-based MLVs by UVor γ-irradiation were deposited onto TiO 2 powder support. The organic phase from MLVs was removed by calcination leading to high dispersion of naked Au nanoparticles. The resulting particles were investigated using spectrometry, electron microscopy and XPS. The gold nanoparticles were stable and well-separated on the titania surface. It was found that the metal nanoparticles produced by radiolysis have smaller average size and narrower size distribution than those synthesized by photochemical route. After calcinations, the particles tended to enlarge to reach c.a. 18 nm. The gold loading on the titania support could be controlled by changing the gold salt concentration and the MLV-toTiO 2 weight ratio; values of Au-to-Ti ratio up to 44 % could be obtained.