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- Title
Spectroscopic study of film formation from polystyrene latex/TiO<sub>2</sub> nanocomposites prepared by dip-coating method.
- Authors
Sunay, M. Selin; Pekcan, Onder; Rahman, Md. Mahbubor; Elaissari, Abdelhamid; Ugur, Saziye
- Abstract
In this study, we investigated the influence of TiO2 content and thickness of polystyrene (PS) template on film-formation behavior of PS/TiO2 composites using fluorescence and ultraviolet-visible techniques in conjunction with scanning electron microscopy. Films were prepared by coating PS templates with various layers of TiO2 using dip-coating method. The results showed that PS latexes present complete film formation on top surface of composites. After extraction of PS, a well-defined interconnected porosity were obtained for thin films when TiO2 content was increased, whereas thick samples did not present any interconnected porous structures above a certain TiO2 layer. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 54:288-302, 2014. © 2013 Society of Plastics Engineers
- Subjects
POLYSTYRENE analysis; SPECTRUM analysis; NANOCOMPOSITE materials; SCANNING electron microscopy; FLUORESCENCE; THIN films
- Publication
Polymer Engineering & Science, 2014, Vol 54, Issue 2, p288
- ISSN
0032-3888
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pen.23560