Colloid Thermodynamic Effect as the Universal Driving Force for Fabricating Various Functional Composite Particles

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• 作者：Yunxing Li ; Zhaoqun Wang ; Chunjian Wang ; Yunfei Pan ; Hao Gu ; Gi Xue
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：September 4, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：28
• 期：35
• 页码：12704-12710
• 全文大小：466K
• 年卷期：v.28,no.35(September 4, 2012)
• ISSN：1520-5827

文摘

The design and fabrication of functional nanocomposites is an active area of research because composite particles have significantly improved physical and chemical properties over those of their single-component counterparts. Traditionally, chemical pretreatments of the components were used to enhance their physicochemical or chemical interactions. Here, we propose a novel approach to taking advantage of the beauty of thermodynamics. A series of functional materials, including graphene nanosheets, carbon nanotubes, noble metals, magnetic materials, conducting polymers, attapulgite, and etc. were incorporated with polystyrene particles by a thermodynamic driving force. This unique approach is facile and versatile and shows the considerable significance of developments in both scientific methodology and particle engineering.