Polystyrene-block-Polybutadiene-block-Polystyrene Triblock Copolymer Meets Silica: From Modification of Copolymer to Formation of Mesoporous Silica

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• 作者：Rentong Yu ; Sixun Zheng
• 刊名：Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：July 1, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：54
• 期：25
• 页码：6454-6466
• 全文大小：572K
• ISSN：1520-5045

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In this work, we reported a facile preparation of mesoporous silica materials assisted by a commercial polystyrene-block-polybutadiene-block-polystyrene (PS-b-PB-b-PS) triblock copolymer. For this purpose, the PS-b-PB-b-PS triblock copolymer was first functionalized with (3-mercaptopropyl)triethoxysilane via a thiol-ene radical addition approach, and then the functionalized triblock copolymer with the midblock bearing triethoxysilane moieties was employed to perform intercomponent sol鈥揼el reactions with tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) to obtain the organic鈥搃norganic gels. The organic鈥搃norganic gels with variable compositions were then used as precursors to obtain mesoporous silica via pyrolysis at elevated temperatures. The functionalized triblock copolymer was characterized by means of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The results of SAXS, transmission electron microscopy, and Brunauer鈥揈mmett鈥揟eller measurements indicate that the mesoporous silica materials were successfully obtained and the porosity of the materials can be modulated with the mass ratios of the functionalized triblock copolymer to the precursor of silica (viz. TEOS).