Monodispersed spherical SiO2 particles were successfully prepared by Stober method
and the functional modification of SiO2 was obtained by the reaction of Si-OH with 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane(GPS).By using aluminum isopropoxide as a heterogeneous catalyst to initiate in-situ ring-opening polymerization of the propylene oxide(PO) monomers
a polypropylene oxide(PPO) polymer brush grafted SiO2(PPO-g-SiO2) was obtained.The effects of the amount of monomer
reaction temperature and reaction time on the grafted polymer brushes were discussed.In addition
the chemical structure and morphology of PPO-g-SiO2 and grafted amount were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy(FT-IR)
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy(XPS)
transmission electron microscopy(TEM)
scanning electron microscope(SEM) and thermogravimetric analysis(TGA).The results show when the amount of the monomer addition is 2.38 mol·L-1
reaction temperature is 80℃
and reaction time is 24 h
respectively
the PPO graft quantity is up to 23.56%(mass) on SiO2 surface and the thickness is about 15 nm.