From Ruthenium Complexes to Novel Functional Nanocomposites: Development and Perspectives

Segala, Karen; Pereira, Angela S.

doi:10.5772/46244

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“…Nanoparticle assembly inside a polymeric matrix is a powerful route to form hybrid materials with the desired material, magnetic, optical and electronic properties by a suitable choice of system parameters [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. The synergistic interaction between nanoparticles and the polymer matrix gives rise to a variety of hybrid systems and nanostructures having a wide range of applications like in cosmetics [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22], food [23][24][25][26][27][28], pharmacy [29][30][31][32], novel functional materials [33][34][35][36][37][38], ultraviolet lasers [39][40][41][42], hybrid nanodiodes [43][44][45], DNA templated electronic junctions [46,47], qu...…”

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Hierarchical and synergistic self-assembly in composites of model wormlike micellar-polymers and nanoparticles results in nanostructures with diverse morphologies

Mubeena

Chatterji

2019

Eur. Phys. J. E

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Using Monte carlo simulations, we investigate the self-assembly of model nanoparticles inside a matrix of model equilibrium polymers (or matrix of Wormlike micelles) as a function of the polymeric matrix density and the excluded volume parameter between polymers and nanoparticles. In this paper, we show morphological transitions in the system architecture via synergistic self-assembly of nanoparticles and the equilibrium polymers. In a synergistic self-assembly, the resulting morphology of the system is a result of the interaction between both nanoparticles and the polymers, unlike the polymer templating method. We report the morphological transition of nanoparticle aggregates from percolating network-like structures to non-percolating clusters as a result of the change in the excluded volume parameter between nanoparticles and polymeric chains. In parallel with the change in the self-assembled structures of nanoparticles, the matrix of equilibrium polymers also shows a transition from a dispersed state to a percolating network-like structure formed by the clusters of polymeric chains. We show that the shape anisotropy of the nanoparticle clusters formed is governed by the polymeric density resulting in rod-like, sheet-like or other anisotropic nanoclusters. It is also shown that the pore shape and the pore size of the porous network of nanoparticles can be changed by changing the minimum approaching distance between nanoparticles and polymers. We provide a theoretical understanding of why various nanostructures with very different morphologies are obtained.

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Hierarchical and synergistic self-assembly in composites of model wormlike micellar-polymers and nanoparticles results in nanostructures with diverse morphologies

Mubeena

Chatterji

2019

Eur. Phys. J. E

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“…Nanostructures have a wide range of applications in energy devices [1,2], optoelectronic devices [3], drug delivery [4][5][6], cosmetics [7,8], food [9,10] and novel functional materials [11,12]. To produce nanostructures, the bottom-up approach has recently become a cost-effective and easy method in the nanofabrication industry [13,14].…”

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Effect of the Strength of Attraction Between Nanoparticles on Wormlike Micelle- Nanoparticle System

Mubeena

2018

Condensed Matter

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The nanoparticle-Equilibrium polymer (or Wormlike micellar) system shows morphological changes from percolating network-like structures to non-percolating clusters with a change in the minimum approaching distance (EVP-excluded volume parameter) between nanoparticles and the matrix of equilibrium polymers. The shape anisotropy of nanoparticle clusters can be controlled by changing the polymer density. In this paper, the synergistic self-assembly of nanoparticles inside equilibrium polymeric matrix (or Wormlike micellar matrix) is investigated with respect to the change in the strength of attractive interaction between nanoparticles. A shift in the point of morphological transformation of the system to lower values of EVP as a result of a decrease in the strength of the attractive nanoparticle interaction is reported. We show that the absence of the attractive interaction between nanoparticles leads to the low packing of nanoparticle structures, but does not change the morphological behavior of the system. We also report the formation of the system spanning sheet-like arrangement of nanoparticles which are arranged in alternate layers of matrix polymers and nanoparticles.

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From Ruthenium Complexes to Novel Functional Nanocomposites: Development and Perspectives

Cited by 2 publications

References 90 publications

Hierarchical and synergistic self-assembly in composites of model wormlike micellar-polymers and nanoparticles results in nanostructures with diverse morphologies

Hierarchical and synergistic self-assembly in composites of model wormlike micellar-polymers and nanoparticles results in nanostructures with diverse morphologies

Effect of the Strength of Attraction Between Nanoparticles on Wormlike Micelle- Nanoparticle System

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