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Monolithic composites of silica aerogels by reactive supercritical deposition of hydroxy-terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane)

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Monolithic composites of silica aerogels with hydroxyl-terminated poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS(OH)) were developed with a novel reactive supercritical deposition technique. the method involves dissolution of PDMS(OH) in supercritical CO2 (scCO(2)) and then exposure of the aerogel samples to this single phase mixture of PDMS(OH)-CO2. the demixing pressures of the PDMS(OH)-CO2 binary mixtures determined in this study indicated that PDMS(OH) forms miscible mixtures with CO2 at a wide composition range at easily accessible pressures. Upon supercritical deposition, the polymer molecules were discovered to react with the hydroxyl groups on the silica aerogel surface and form a conformal coating on the surface. the chemical attachment of the polymer molecules on the aerogel surface were verified by prolonged extraction with pure scCO(2), simultaneous deposition with superhydrophobic and hydrophilic silica aerogel samples and aTR-FTIR analysis. all of the deposited silica aerogel samples were obtained as monoliths and retained their transparency up to around 30 wt % of mass uptake. PDMS(OH) molecules were found to penetrate all the way to the center of the monoliths and were distributed homogenously throughout the cylindrical aerogel samples. Polymer loadings as high as 75.4 wt % of the aerogel mass could be attained. It was shown that the polymer uptake increases with increasing exposure time, As well as the initial polymer concentration in the vessel.

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amer Chemical Soc

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Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, Materials sciences, Multidisciplinary design optimization

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Acs applied Materials and Interfaces

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10.1021/am403200d

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