Colard, Catheline A. L., Cave, Richard A., Grossiord, Nadia, Covington, James A. and Bon, Stefan Antonius Franciscus (2009) Conducting nanocomposite polymer foams from ice-crystal-templated assembly of mixtures of colloids. Advanced Materials, Vol.21 (No.28). pp. 2894-2898. doi:10.1002/adma.200803007 ISSN 0935-9648.

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Abstract

Fabrication of conducting nanocomposite-reinforced soft polymer foams is demonstrated. These multicomponent cellular materials are built from a mixture of colloids dispersed in water by freeze-drying, thereby using ice crystals as template for the porous structure. An excluded-volume effect armors the "soft"-polymer cell walls with "hard" nanoparticles, thereby enhancing the mechanical robustness of the foams.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Nanocomposites (Materials), Porous materials, Detectors, Polymers, Polymer engineering, Colloids
Journal or Publication Title:	Advanced Materials
Publisher:	Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
ISSN:	0935-9648
Official Date:	7 July 2009
Dates:	Date Event 7 July 2009 Published
Volume:	Vol.21
Number:	No.28
Number of Pages:	6
Page Range:	pp. 2894-2898
DOI:	10.1002/adma.200803007
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Funder:	Reading Scientific Services Ltd. (RSSL), Wacker-Chemie GmbH

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