The invention discloses a
titanium dioxide / thermo-sensitive
polymer hybrid material as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The
hybrid material is characterized in that nano-TiO2 is taken as a core, and a thermo-sensitive
polymer, namely, poly-(glycol)ester ethylether-random-(glycol)methyl
ether acrylic ester or poly-(glycol)ester ethylether-segmented-(glycol)methyl
ether acrylicester is grafted onto the surface. Based on an SET-LRP (
Single Electron Transfer-Living
Radical Polymerization) method, a
nitrogen-containing ligand which has high catalytic activity and tends to cause the
disproportionation of
copper is selected in the presence of a
catechol initiator, so that strong complexing of a
copper halide is realized, and the interference with a
metal catalyst caused by acatechol group is realized in order to prepare a series of water-soluble polymers. The
hybrid material is stable in structure, the low critical dissolving temperature of the water-
soluble polymer isregulated and controlled by controlling the molecular weight of the
polymer, uniform dispersion as well as self-fluctuation and
recovery of TiO2 nanoparticles in water can be realized through a temperature switch, and
sunlight photocatalytic degradation of target pollutants is realized. The
hybrid material is suitable for
sewage of different temperatures.