Effect of mesoporosity on thermal and mechanical properties of polystyrene/silica composites
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The function of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has been to prepare students for the study and application of chemistry in industry. This focus has included preparation for employment in various industries as well as the development, design, and operation of equipment and processes within industry.Through the CBE Department, Iowa State University is nationally recognized for its initiatives in bioinformatics, biomaterials, bioproducts, metabolic/tissue engineering, multiphase computational fluid dynamics, advanced polymeric materials and nanostructured materials.
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The Department of Chemical Engineering was founded in 1913 under the Department of Physics and Illuminating Engineering. From 1915 to 1931 it was jointly administered by the Divisions of Industrial Science and Engineering, and from 1931 onward it has been under the Division/College of Engineering. In 1928 it merged with Mining Engineering, and from 1973–1979 it merged with Nuclear Engineering. It became Chemical and Biological Engineering in 2005.
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1913 - present
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- Department of Chemical Engineering (1913–1928)
- Department of Chemical and Mining Engineering (1928–1957)
- Department of Chemical Engineering (1957–1973, 1979–2005)
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (2005–present)
- College of Engineering(parent college)
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In this study, mesoporous or colloidal silica particles were incorporated into polystyrene matrices via melt blending or by styrene polymerization initiated from the particle surface. The relationships between the surface morphology of filler particles in polymer composites and their thermomechanical properties were investigated. High molecular weight polystyrene-silica hybrids were generated by modifying the surfaces of monodisperse colloidal silica and templated mesoporous silica nanoparticles. The functionalized silica surfaces were grafted with alkyl halide initiators for atom transfer radical polymerization. Polymerization was conducted without free initiator present. The physical properties of these composites were studied by dynamic mechanical analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, transmission electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy. Results indicate that colloidal and mesoporous silica polymer composites generated by atom transfer radical polymerization have similar grafted polymer characteristics, indicating that polymer growth from the surface of the particle does not allow for significant polymer chain growth in the interior of the mesoporous silica particles.
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Reprinted with permission from ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2 (2010), pp.41-47. doi: 10.1021/am900540x. Copyright 2010 American Chemical Society.