Fabrication of Epoxide Functional Hydrophobic Composite Polymer Particles by Suspension Polymerization and Subsequent Doping with Fe<sup>3</sup>O<sup>4</sup> Nanoparticles

Authors

  • R. Shabnam
  • M. A. Rahman
  • M. A. J. Miah
  • M. K. Sharafat
  • H. M. T. Islam
  • M. M. Rahman
  • M. A. Gafur
  • H. Ahmad Rajshahi University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v9i3.31811

Keywords:

Epoxide functionality, Hydrophobic, Doping, Fe3O4, Composite particles.

Abstract

This investigation described a simple three-step process for the fabrication of micrometer-sized magnetic composite polymer particles. This composite polymer particle consisted of crosslinked hydrophobic poly(lauryl methacrylate-divinyl benzene) (P(LMA-DVB)) core, prepared by suspension polymerization. Then, P(LMA-DVB) copolymer core particles were coated with poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA) by seeded polymerization to introduce epoxide functionality. Finally, P(LMA-DVB)/PGMA composite particles were doped with iron oxide (Fe3O4) nanoparticles following in situ co-precipitation of Fe2+ and Fe3+ from their alkali aqueous solution. The presence of strained oxirane ring derived from PGMA segment present at the surface is expected to induce high affinity towards precipitated magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The compositional structure of P(LMA-DVB)/PGMA/Fe3O4 composite polymer particles was confirmed by Fourier Transform IR (FTIR), electron microscopy, thermogravimetry (TG), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX).

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.
Abstract
19
PDF
23

Author Biography

H. Ahmad, Rajshahi University

Professor

Department of Chemistry

Rajshahi University

Downloads

Published

2017-09-01

How to Cite

Shabnam, R., Rahman, M. A., Miah, M. A. J., Sharafat, M. K., Islam, H. M. T., Rahman, M. M., Gafur, M. A., & Ahmad, H. (2017). Fabrication of Epoxide Functional Hydrophobic Composite Polymer Particles by Suspension Polymerization and Subsequent Doping with Fe<sup>3</sup>O<sup>4</sup> Nanoparticles. Journal of Scientific Research, 9(3), 329–339. https://doi.org/10.3329/jsr.v9i3.31811

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2017)

Section

Section B: Chemical and Biological Sciences

License

© Journal of Scientific Research

Creative Commons License

Articles published in the "Journal of Scientific Research" are Open Access articles under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license (CC BY-SA 4.0). This license permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and initial publication in this journal. In addition to that, users must provide a link to the license, indicate if changes are made and distribute using the same license as original if the original content has been remixed, transformed or built upon.