Small Angle X-Ray Scattering, FTIR and SEM Characterization of Nanostructured PVA/TEOS Hybrids by Chemical Crosslinking

2005 ◽  
Vol 873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herman S. Mansur ◽  
Alexandra A.P. Mansur

AbstractIn the present work, novel hybrid nanostructured composites were produced to be used in many potential applications such as biomedical, drug delivery systems, tri-dimensional scaffolds for biomaterials and tissue engineering, biomembranes and optical devices among others. Hybrids were synthesized by reacting poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) in aqueous acid solution with silicon alcoxide tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). PVA/TEOS hybrids were also modified in the nanometer-scale by crosslinking with glutaraldehyde (GA) during the synthesis involving hydrolysis and policondensation of PVA/TEOS. The hybrids were characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). FTIR spectra have shown major vibration bands associated with organic-inorganic chemical groups present in the hybrid composite PVA/TEOS. Also, typical absorption bands related to glutaraldehyde alkyl chain have indicated the crosslinking reaction of the hybrid network with glutaraldehyde (PVA/TEOS/GA). SAXS results have indicated different nano-ordered disperse phases for PVA, PVA/TEOS hybrid and PVA/TEOS/GA chemically crosslinked hybrid. SEM micrographs have shown morphology difference between PVA and PVA hybrid samples.

2016 ◽  
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Author(s):  
Sandeep K. Sharma ◽  
Jyoti Prakash ◽  
Jitendra Bahadur ◽  
Manjulata Sahu ◽  
Subhashish Mazumder ◽  
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2011 ◽  
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pp. 787-790
Author(s):  
N. N. Bozhko ◽  
V. P. Stolyarov ◽  
E. B. Bablyuk ◽  
V. G. Nazarov ◽  
V. V. Volkov ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 450-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanna I. Andrade ◽  
Edel Figueiredo Barbosa-Stancioli ◽  
Alexandra A. Piscitelli Mansur ◽  
W. L. Vasconcelos ◽  
Herman Sander Mansur

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Prehal ◽  
Aleksej Samojlov ◽  
Manfred Nachtnebel ◽  
Manfred Kriechbaum ◽  
Heinz Amenitsch ◽  
...  

<b>Here we use in situ small and wide angle X-ray scattering to elucidate unexpected mechanistic insights of the O2 reduction mechanism in Li-O2 batteries.<br></b>


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Wu ◽  
Jeffrey Ting ◽  
Siqi Meng ◽  
Matthew Tirrell

We have directly observed the <i>in situ</i> self-assembly kinetics of polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) micelles by synchrotron time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering, equipped with a stopped-flow device that provides millisecond temporal resolution. This work has elucidated one general kinetic pathway for the process of PEC micelle formation, which provides useful physical insights for increasing our fundamental understanding of complexation and self-assembly dynamics driven by electrostatic interactions that occur on ultrafast timescales.


1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 1675-1681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josef Baldrian ◽  
Božena N. Kolarz ◽  
Henrik Galina

Porosity variations induced by swelling agent exchange were studied in a styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer. Standard methods were used in the characterization of copolymer porosity in the dry state and the results were compared with related structural parameters derived from small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements as developed for the characterization of two-phase systems. The SAXS method was also used for porosity determination in swollen samples. The differences in the porosity of dry samples were found to be an effect of the drying process, while in the swollen state the sample swells and deswells isotropically.


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