Photoinduced grafting of polystyrene onto silica particles by ketene chemistry

Gorkem Yilmaz, Volkan Kumbaraci, Naciye Talinli, Pinar Tatar, A. Levent Demirel, Yusuf Yagci*

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Abstract

This study describes a novel route for incorporation of polymers onto silica particle surfaces to prepare polymer/silica nanocomposites. Photoinduced formation of ketene functionalities at the polystyrene chain ends offers possibility of such ligation through ketene chemistry.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2517-2520
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry
Volume50
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2012

Keywords

  • click reactions
  • composites
  • ketene chemistry
  • modification
  • silica

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