Polymerization-Driven Immobilization of dc-APGD Synthesized Gold Nanoparticles into a Quaternary Ammonium-Based Hydrogel Resulting in a Polymeric Nanocomposite with Heat-Transfer Applications

Piotr Cyganowski; Anna Dzimitrowicz; Piotr Jamroz; Dorota Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak; Pawel Pohl

doi:10.3390/polym10040377

Polymerization-Driven Immobilization of dc-APGD Synthesized Gold Nanoparticles into a Quaternary Ammonium-Based Hydrogel Resulting in a Polymeric Nanocomposite with Heat-Transfer Applications

Polymers (Basel). 2018 Mar 29;10(4):377. doi: 10.3390/polym10040377.

Authors

Piotr Cyganowski¹, Anna Dzimitrowicz², Piotr Jamroz³, Dorota Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak⁴, Pawel Pohl⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Polymer and Carbonaceous Materials, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 27 Wybrzeze St. Wyspianskiego Street, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland. piotr.cyganowski@pwr.edu.pl.
² Department of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 27 Wybrzeze St. Wyspianskiego Street, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland. anna.dzimitrowicz@pwr.edu.pl.
³ Department of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 27 Wybrzeze St. Wyspianskiego Street, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland. piotr.jamroz@pwr.edu.pl.
⁴ Department of Polymer and Carbonaceous Materials, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 27 Wybrzeze St. Wyspianskiego Street, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland. dorota.jermakowicz-bartkowiak@pwr.edu.pl.
⁵ Department of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Metallurgy, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 27 Wybrzeze St. Wyspianskiego Street, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland. pawel.pohl@pwr.edu.pl.

Abstract

A new method for the production of nanocomposites, composed of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and (vinylbenzyl)trimethylammonium chloride-co-N,N-methylene bisacrylamide (VBTAC-co-MBA) hydrogel, is described. Raw-AuNPs of defined optical and granulometric properties were synthesized using direct current atmospheric pressure glow discharge (dc-APGD) generated in contact with a solution of HAuCl₄. Different approaches to the polymerization-driven synthesis of Au/VBTAC-co-MBA nanocomposites were tested. It was established that homogenous dispersion of AuNPs in this new nanomaterial with was achieved in the presence of NaOH in the reaction mixture. The new nanocomposite was found to have excellent heat-transfer properties.

Keywords: atmospheric pressure plasma; metallic nanostructures; nanocomposite; resin.

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