Nanoparticle Organic Hybrid Materials Core-Shell Dispersion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Organic hybrid materials often exhibit poor dispersion, miscibility, and interfacial strength between inorganic nanostructures and organic polymers, limiting their manufacturing and application potential.
Innovation Solution
Development of nanoparticle organic hybrid materials (NOHMs) with an organic polymeric corona attached to an inorganic nanoparticle core, exhibiting liquid-like properties and a volume fraction of inorganic particles ranging from 0.05 to 0.75, which enhances mechanical and electrical properties.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If organic hybrid materials are manufactured with inorganic nanostructures and organic polymers, then unusual properties such as high modulus and high toughness are achieved, but poor dispersion and miscibility between the components occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating a core-shell structure where the inorganic nanoparticle core provides mechanical strength while the organic polymer corona provides dispersion stability. Different regions of the hybrid material have different properties optimized for their specific functions: the core for structural integrity and the corona for compatibility and dispersion in the matrix.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite materials by combining inorganic nanoparticle cores with organic polymer coronas to create hybrid materials that exhibit both the mechanical properties of inorganic materials and the processability and dispersion characteristics of organic materials. This composite structure resolves the contradiction between strength and dispersion.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If organic hybrid materials are manufactured with inorganic nanostructures and organic polymers, then inherent flame retardance is achieved, but poor interfacial strength between components occurs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the inorganic nanoparticle core with the organic polymer corona into a single integrated hybrid structure. This merging ensures strong interfacial bonding between the two components, eliminating the interfacial strength problem while maintaining the flame retardance property that arises from the combination of inorganic and organic phases.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If inorganic nanoparticles are dispersed in organic polymers, then enhanced gas barrier properties are achieved, but poor dispersion and miscibility occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by assigning different functional roles to different parts of the hybrid structure: the inorganic core provides gas barrier properties while the organic corona provides miscibility and dispersion stability. This localized functional assignment allows the material to simultaneously achieve enhanced gas barrier properties and good miscibility.
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AI summary
A nanoparticle organic hybrid material (NOHM) containing an organic polymeric corona having a molecular weight in a range of 100-50,000 g/mol, wherein the organic polymeric corona is covalently attached to an inorganic nanoparticle core, wherein the NOHM exhibits liquid-like properties so that the NOHM moves freely and flows in a manner so that when the NOHM is in a container, the NOHM takes the shape of the container, and wherein the NOHM has a volume fraction (fc) of the inorganic particle ranging from about 0.05 to 0.75, methods of making the NOHMs, and compositions containing the NOHMs.