Organic Nanocomposites and Their Applications in Polymeric Materials

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".

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Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science, Center of Crystal Research, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan
Interests: diblock copolymers; polybenzoxazine; aggregation-induced emissions; mesoporous polymers; conjugated microporous polymers; polypeptide; POSS nanoparticles
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Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science, Center of Crystal Research, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan
Interests: polybenzoxazine; aggregation-induced emissions; mesoporous polymers; conjugated microporous polymers; polypeptides; POSS nanoparticles
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Dear Colleagues,

Organic nanocomposites in polymeric materials have been of great interest in the industry of fundamental polymer science for several years. The incorporation of organic nanocomposites into polymeric materials can be achieved through covalent/noncovalent interactions to form polymeric nanocomposite materials displaying interesting thermal, mechanical, surface, and optoelectronic properties. This Special Issue of Polymers is entitled “Organic Nanocomposites and Their Applications in Polymeric Materials” and aims to describe polymer miscibility, specific interactions, characterization methods, and self-assembly structures, as well as the potential applications of polymeric nanocomposites in the real world. The papers in this Special Issue should cover polymer science and related industrial research.

Prof. Dr. Shiao-Wei Kuo
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Gamal Mohamed
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
  • graphene
  • polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)
  • nanoclay
  • carbon nanofibers
  • covalent/noncovalent interactions
  • polymer miscibility
  • self-assembly structures

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Multifunctional Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Based Hybrid Porous Materials for CO2 Uptake and Iodine Adsorption
by Mohamed Gamal Mohamed, Mei-Yin Tsai, Chih-Feng Wang, Chih-Feng Huang, Martin Danko, Lizong Dai, Tao Chen and Shiao-Wei Kuo
Polymers 2021, 13(2), 221; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/polym13020221 - 10 Jan 2021
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Abstract
In this study, two different types of hybrid porous organic polymers (POPs), polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane tetraphenylpyrazine (POSS-TPP) and tetraphenylethene (POSS-TPE), were successfully synthesized through the Friedel−Crafts polymerization of tetraphenylpyrazine (TPP) and tetraphenylethene (TPE), respectively, with octavinylsilsesquioxane (OVS) as node building blocks, in the [...] Read more.
In this study, two different types of hybrid porous organic polymers (POPs), polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane tetraphenylpyrazine (POSS-TPP) and tetraphenylethene (POSS-TPE), were successfully synthesized through the Friedel−Crafts polymerization of tetraphenylpyrazine (TPP) and tetraphenylethene (TPE), respectively, with octavinylsilsesquioxane (OVS) as node building blocks, in the presence of anhydrous FeCl3 as a catalyst and 1,2-dichloroethane at 60 °C. Based on N2 adsorption and thermogravimetric analyses, the resulting hybrid porous materials displayed high surface areas (270 m2/g for POSS-TPP and 741 m2/g for POSS-TPE) and outstanding thermal stabilities. Furthermore, as-prepared POSS-TPP exhibited a high carbon dioxide capacity (1.63 mmol/g at 298 K and 2.88 mmol/g at 273 K) with an excellent high adsorption capacity for iodine, reaching up to 363 mg/g, compared with the POSS-TPE (309 mg/g). Full article
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