Nanooxide/Polymer Composites with Silica@PDMS and Ceria–Zirconia–Silica@PDMS: Textural, Morphological, and Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Features

• Published in: Nanoscale research letters Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 152
• Main Authors: Sulym, Iryna, Goncharuk, Olena, Sternik, Dariusz, Terpilowski, Konrad, Derylo-Marczewska, Anna, Borysenko, Mykola V., Gun’ko, Vladimir M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.12.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Chemistry and Materials Science; Materials Science; Molecular Medicine; Nano Express; Nanochemistry; Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanotechnology; Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials 2016; @PDMS; Nanosilica@PDMS; Polymeric nanocomposites; ZrO; Morphology; SiO; Hydrophobicity; CeO; Textural characteristics; CeO2–ZrO2–SiO2@PDMS

SiO 2 @PDMS and CeO 2 –ZrO 2 –SiO 2 @PDMS nanocomposites were prepared and studied using nitrogen adsorption–desorption, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), measurements of advancing and receding contact angles with water, and microcalorimetry. The po...