Utilization of ultrasonic irradiation as a green and effective strategy to prepare poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)/modified nano-copper (II) oxide nanocomposites

Shadpour Mallakpour; Atefeh Jarahiyan

doi:10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.01.002

Utilization of ultrasonic irradiation as a green and effective strategy to prepare poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)/modified nano-copper (II) oxide nanocomposites

Ultrason Sonochem. 2017 Jul:37:128-135. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.01.002. Epub 2017 Jan 4.

Authors

Shadpour Mallakpour¹, Atefeh Jarahiyan²

Affiliations

¹ Organic Polymer Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Islamic Republic of Iran; Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Institute, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Islamic Republic of Iran. Electronic address: mallak@cc.iut.ac.ir.
² Organic Polymer Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Islamic Republic of Iran.

PMID: 28427615
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.01.002

Abstract

The present paper describes the result of investigations into preparation of novel nanocomposites (NCs) based on poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (PVP) as a biocompatible polymer and modified copper (II) oxide nanoparticles (NPs) as a nano-filler. To achieve optimum NCs properties, different ratios of modified copper (II) oxide NPs (3, 5, and 7wt%) were used to fabricate PVP NCs and also the ultrasonic irradiation was utilized to perform these processes as a fast and effective method. Subsequently, the structure of the obtained nanohybrids was characterized by various techniques. The suitable incorporation between PVP matrix and modified CuO NPs can be seen from the FT-IR spectra. The obtained NCs indicated an efficient thermal improvement in comparison to the pristine polymer. Also, the uniform dispersion of modified CuO NPs in the PVP matrix was detected by FE-SEM and EDX. According to UV absorption spectra, it is clear that these NCs can be used in UV protecting applications.

Keywords: Copper (II) oxide nanoparticles; Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone); Polymeric nanocomposite; Thermal properties; Ultrasonic technique.