Enhanced dispersion of TiO2 nanoparticles in a TiO2/PEDOT:PSS hybrid nanocomposite via plasma-liquid interactions

Liu, Yazi and Sun, Dan and Askari, Sadegh and Patel, Jenish and Macias-Montero, Manuel and Mitra, Somak and Zhang, Richao and Lin, Wen-Feng and Mariotti, Davide and Maguire, Paul (2015) Enhanced dispersion of TiO2 nanoparticles in a TiO2/PEDOT:PSS hybrid nanocomposite via plasma-liquid interactions. Scientific Reports, 5. 15765. ISSN 2045-2322 (https://doi.org/10.1038/srep15765)

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Abstract

A facile method to synthesize a TiO2/PEDOT:PSS hybrid nanocomposite material in aqueous solution through direct current (DC) plasma processing at atmospheric pressure and room temperature has been demonstrated. The dispersion of the TiO2 nanoparticles is enhanced and TiO2 /polymer hybrid nanoparticles with a distinct core shell structure have been obtained. Increased electrical conductivity was observed for the plasma treated TiO2 /PEDOT:PSS nanocomposite. The improvement in nanocomposite properties is due to the enhanced dispersion and stability in liquid polymer of microplasma treated TiO2 nanoparticles. Both plasma induced surface charge and nanoparticle surface termination with specific plasma chemical species are proposed to provide an enhanced barrier to nanoparticle agglomeration and promote nanoparticle-polymer binding.

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Liu, Yazi, Sun, Dan, Askari, Sadegh, Patel, Jenish, Macias-Montero, Manuel, Mitra, Somak, Zhang, Richao, Lin, Wen-Feng, Mariotti, Davide ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1504-4383 and Maguire, Paul;
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