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Okten NS, Tanc B, Orakdogen N. Design and molecular dynamics of multifunctional sulfonated poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)/mica hybrid cryogels through freezing-induced gelation. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:7043-7062. [PMID: 31436777 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01534e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This article addresses various strategies that have been explored to design sulfonated poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)/mica hybrid-gels with optimized network parameters and mechanical/swelling properties. A series of hybrid cryogels and hydrogels containing amino and sulfonic acid groups were prepared from N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and 2-acrylamido-2-methyl-1-propane sulfonic acid in the presence of inorganic additive mica via a cryogelation process and conventional in situ copolymerization. Cryogelation was used to fine-tune the mechanical properties of the PDMAEMA-based hybrid gels. The effects of pH, temperature and mica content on the network parameters, mechanical properties and swelling behavior were discussed. X-ray diffractometry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy confirmed that mica particles had participated in (cryo)polymerization, and the thermal stability and surface morphologies were improved by the addition of mica. The profile of water loss, decomposition of amine groups and breakdown of PDMAEMA chains of the resulting hybrid gels were determined by thermogravimetric analysis. A critical mica concentration was found for the hybrid hydrogels where the degree of swelling attains a maximum value. Below 0.50% (w/v) of mica, the ionic nature of mica dominates its crosslinker effect. The hybrid cryogels were tough and able to recover at room temperature after compression testing. The prepared hybrid-gels showed an enhanced swelling response and on-off switching swelling characteristics in water and in aqueous NaCl solutions. The parameters of equilibrium swelling, the initial swelling rate, the diffusional exponent, and the diffusion coefficient were evaluated and the swelling kinetics of the hybrid hydrogels and cryogels in water followed the pseudo second order model. All the prepared hybrid hydrogel and cryogel materials with tunable mechanical stability and elasticity can be excellent candidates for designing smart materials.
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- Nur Sena Okten
- Istanbul Technical University, Department of Chemistry, Soft Materials Research Laboratory, 34469, Istanbul, Maslak, Turkey. and Istanbul Kultur University, Department of Civil Engineering, 34158, Istanbul, Bakırkoy, Turkey
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- Istanbul Technical University, Department of Chemistry, Soft Materials Research Laboratory, 34469, Istanbul, Maslak, Turkey.
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- Istanbul Technical University, Department of Chemistry, Soft Materials Research Laboratory, 34469, Istanbul, Maslak, Turkey.
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Suresh K, Chowdhury A, Kumar SK, Kumaraswamy G. Critical Role of Processing on the Mechanical Properties of Cross-Linked Highly Loaded Nanocomposites. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Karthika Suresh
- J-101, Polymers and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Complex Fluids and Polymer Engineering, Polymer Science and Engineering Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, (AcSIR), New Delhi 110 025, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- J-101, Polymers and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Complex Fluids and Polymer Engineering, Polymer Science and Engineering Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008, Maharashtra, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, (AcSIR), New Delhi 110 025, India
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Functionalized carbon nanotube reinforced polymer nanocomposite microcapsules with enhanced stiffness. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Suresh K, Sharma DK, Chulliyil R, Sarode KD, Kumar VR, Chowdhury A, Kumaraswamy G. Single-Particle Tracking To Probe the Local Environment in Ice-Templated Crosslinked Colloidal Assemblies. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:4603-4613. [PMID: 29554800 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b04120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We use single-particle tracking to investigate colloidal dynamics in hybrid assemblies comprising colloids enmeshed in a crosslinked polymer network. These assemblies are prepared using ice templating and are macroporous monolithic structures. We investigate microstructure-property relations in assemblies that appear chemically identical but show qualitatively different mechanical response. Specifically, we contrast elastic assemblies that can recover from large compressive deformations with plastic assemblies that fail on being compressed. Particle tracking provides insights into the microstructural differences that underlie the different mechanical response of elastic and plastic assemblies. Since colloidal motions in these assemblies are sluggish, particle tracking is especially sensitive to imaging artifacts such as stage drift. We demonstrate that the use of wavelet transforms applied to trajectories of probe particles from fluorescence microscopy eliminates stage drift, allowing a spatial resolution of about 2 nm. In elastic and plastic scaffolds, probe particles are surrounded by other particles-thus, their motion is caged. We present mean square displacement and van Hove distributions for particle motions and demonstrate that plastic assemblies are characterized by significantly larger spatial heterogeneity when compared with the elastic sponges. In elastic assemblies, particle diffusivities are peaked around a mean value, whereas in plastic assemblies, there is a wide distribution of diffusivities with no clear peak. Both elastic and plastic assemblies show a frequency independent solid modulus from particle tracking microrheology. Here too, there is a much wider distribution of modulus values for plastic scaffolds as compared to elastic, in contrast to bulk rheological measurements where both assemblies exhibit a similar response. We interpret our results in terms of the spatial distribution of crosslinks in the polymer mesh in the colloidal assemblies.
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , Powai , Mumbai 400076 , Maharashtra , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , Powai , Mumbai 400076 , Maharashtra , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , Powai , Mumbai 400076 , Maharashtra , India
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Wahid M, Puthusseri D, Gawli Y, Sharma N, Ogale S. Hard Carbons for Sodium-Ion Battery Anodes: Synthetic Strategies, Material Properties, and Storage Mechanisms. CHEMSUSCHEM 2018; 11:506-526. [PMID: 29098791 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201701664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Sodium-ion batteries are attracting much interest due to their potential as viable future alternatives for lithium-ion batteries, in view of the much higher earth abundance of sodium over that of lithium. Although both battery systems have basically similar chemistries, the key celebrated negative electrode in lithium battery, namely, graphite, is unavailable for the sodium-ion battery due to the larger size of the sodium ion. This need is satisfied by "hard carbon", which can internalize the larger sodium ion and has desirable electrochemical properties. Unlike graphite, with its specific layered structure, however, hard carbon occurs in diverse microstructural states. Herein, the relationships between precursor choices, synthetic protocols, microstructural states, and performance features of hard carbon forms in the context of sodium-ion battery applications are elucidated. Derived from the pertinent literature employing classical and modern structural characterization techniques, various issues related to microstructure, morphology, defects, and heteroatom doping are discussed. Finally, an outlook is presented to suggest emerging research directions.
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- Malik Wahid
- Department of Physics and Centre for Energy Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Rd., Pashan, Pune, 411 008, India
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- Department of Physics and Centre for Energy Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Rd., Pashan, Pune, 411 008, India
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Rd., Pashan, Pune, 411 008, India
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- Department of Physics and Centre for Energy Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Rd., Pashan, Pune, 411 008, India
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- Department of Physics and Centre for Energy Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Rd., Pashan, Pune, 411 008, India
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Rd., Pashan, Pune, 411 008, India
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- Department of Physics and Centre for Energy Science, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, Dr. Homi Bhabha Rd., Pashan, Pune, 411 008, India
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Chatterjee S, Potdar A, Kuhn S, Kumaraswamy G. Preparation of macroporous scaffolds with holes in pore walls and pressure driven flows through them. RSC Adv 2018; 8:24731-24739. [PMID: 35542148 PMCID: PMC9082364 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra03867h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Controlling the pore architecture in macroporous scaffolds has important implications for their use as reactor packings and as catalyst supports.
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- Soumyajyoti Chatterjee
- J-101
- Polymers and Advanced Materials Laboratory
- Complex Fluids and Polymer Engineering
- Polymer Science and Engineering Division
- CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory
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- KU Leuven
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Leuven 3001
- Belgium
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- KU Leuven
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Leuven 3001
- Belgium
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- J-101
- Polymers and Advanced Materials Laboratory
- Complex Fluids and Polymer Engineering
- Polymer Science and Engineering Division
- CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory
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