Production and evaluation of the surface properties of chiral poly(amide-imide)/TiO2 nanocomposites containing L-phenylalanine units

• Published in: Progress in organic coatings Vol. 74; no. 3; pp. 564 - 571
• Main Authors: Mallakpour, Shadpour, Hatami, Mehdi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.07.2012
• Subjects: 3-Aminopropyltri-ethoxysilane; Chlorides; Float up analysis; Homogenous dispersion; L-Phenylalanine amino acid; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; Optically active poly(amide-imide); Polyamide-imides; Scanning electron microscopy; Surface properties; TiO2 nanoparticles; Titanium dioxide; Optically active poly(amide-imide); Float up analysis; Homogenous dispersion; L-Phenylalanine amino acid; TiO2 nanoparticles; 3-Aminopropyltri-ethoxysilane

[Display omitted] ► Fabrication of PAI/TiO2 nanocomposites (NCs) using modified TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs). ► The NCs were characterized by FT-IR, XRD, TGA, FESEM, AFM, CA and TEM analyses. ► The obtained data indicated that the NPs were dispersed homogeneously in PAI matrix. ► AFM image shows unsymme...