Synthesis and properties of cellulose functionalized -4, 4′-(propane-2, 2′-diyl) diphenol-SiO2/TiO2 hybrid nanocomposites materials for high performance applications

Abstract

The general class of organic-inorganic hybrid nanocomposites materials is a fast growing area of research. The significant effort is focused on the ability to control the nanoscale structures via organic functional synthetic approaches with inorganic metal oxides. The properties of nanocomposites material depends on the properties of their individual components but also their morphological and interfacial characteristics. This rapidly expanding field is generating many exciting new materials with novel properties. Mainly, cellulose is considered as the richest renewable materials are presently among the most promising candidates for use in photonics due to their versatility, flexibility, light weight, low cost and ease of modification. Cellulose-metal oxide nanomaterials were developed the technologies to manipulate self-assembly and multifunctionallity, of new technologies to the point where industry can produce advanced and cost-competitive cellulose metal oxide hybrid materials. Therefore, the present study is focused on cellulose-functionalized - 4, 4′-(propane-2, 2′-diyl) diphenol-SiO2/TiO2 hybrid nano-composites materials by in-situ sol-gel process. The chemical and morphological properties of cellulose-functionalized SiO2/TiO 2 materials via covalent crosslinking hybrids were characterized by FTIR, XRD, TGA, DSC, SEM, TEM and optical properties. © 2013 SPIE.