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Article Study on morphology and mechanical properties of PMMA-based nanocomposites containing POSS molecules or functionalized SiO 2 particles Chunling Zhang 1 , Xuetao Bai 1 , Xiaoli Lian 2 , Yanli Dou 1 and Hong Liu 2 Abstract Nanocomposites of octavinyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (OVPOSS) and functionalized SiO 2 were investigated in order to determine the effect of particles on the morphology and mechanical properties of PMMA. The outcome of the study suggested that functionalized SiO 2 and octavinylPOSS molecule had different morphology. As proved by X-ray dif- fraction and transmission electron microscopy analysis, the crystal structure of OVPOSS molecule was significantly differ- ent from amorphous aggregates of functionalized SiO 2 . With the additional particles in the nanocomposites, the sizes of octavinylPOSS and functionalized SiO 2 began to reduce. This illustrated that the separation of aggregates led to the for- mation of irregular POSS molecules and amorphous SiO 2 particles varied. Differential scanning calorimetry analysis indi- cated that PMMA-POSS nanocomposites had a homogeneous system. However, there was a significant phase separation at 3 wt.% SiO 2 . PMMA-SiO 2 nanocomposites displayed lower reinforcing effects than expected, based on the mechanical properties of nanocomposites containing OVPOSS molecules. Keywords Octavinyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, functionalized SiO 2 , nanocomposites, morphology, mechanical properties Introduction Nowadays, self-curing polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) resins are widely used in construction of a fractured denture base because of their easier operability in comparison with heat-curing resins. 1–3 However, some problems, such as lower hardness, lower strength, poor wear resistance, etc. have been identified. Based on the property required, dif- ferent types of materials have been produced. Fibers, metal wires and nanoparticles are important materials which have been reported recently. However, on the one hand, there is inadequate adhesion of fibers or metal with polymethyl methacrylate and on the other hand, silica nanoparticles are easy to aggregate in the polymer matrix owing to high sur- face area and surface energy. 4–7 The properties of nano- composite can be improved significantly because of the modification of the structure and dynamics of a polymer near the functionalized SiO 2 particle surface. 8,9 Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) has a cage- like structure composed of a silicon–oxygen framework, in which a Si atom is connected to an organic group. The unique hybrid organic–inorganic structure and size ( 1.5 nm dia- meter and molecular weights 1 kg mol 1 ) make POSS the smallest possible particles of silica with applications in synthetic templates for nanostructured materials. 10–12 Kopesky found that the addition of cyclohexyl-POSS and methacryl-POSS to PMMA resin provided the highest tough- ness values. 13,14 Xu also found that a stronger dipole–dipole interaction might play the main role between the POSS and 1 Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China 2 Comprehensive Department, College of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China Corresponding Author: Chunling Zhang, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of Ministry of Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130025, PR China Email: [email protected] High Performance Polymers 23(6) 468–476 ª The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/0954008311417023 hip.sagepub.com at Middle East Technical Univ on June 11, 2015 hip.sagepub.com Downloaded from

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  • Article

    Study on morphology and mechanicalproperties of PMMA-basednanocomposites containingPOSS molecules or functionalizedSiO2 particles

    Chunling Zhang1, Xuetao Bai1, Xiaoli Lian2,Yanli Dou1 and Hong Liu2

    AbstractNanocomposites of octavinyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (OVPOSS) and functionalized SiO2 were investigatedin order to determine the effect of particles on the morphology and mechanical properties of PMMA. The outcome of thestudy suggested that functionalized SiO2 and octavinylPOSS molecule had different morphology. As proved by X-ray dif-fraction and transmission electron microscopy analysis, the crystal structure of OVPOSS molecule was significantly differ-ent from amorphous aggregates of functionalized SiO2. With the additional particles in the nanocomposites, the sizes ofoctavinylPOSS and functionalized SiO2 began to reduce. This illustrated that the separation of aggregates led to the for-mation of irregular POSS molecules and amorphous SiO2 particles varied. Differential scanning calorimetry analysis indi-cated that PMMA-POSS nanocomposites had a homogeneous system. However, there was a significant phase separationat 3 wt.% SiO2. PMMA-SiO2 nanocomposites displayed lower reinforcing effects than expected, based on the mechanicalproperties of nanocomposites containing OVPOSS molecules.

    KeywordsOctavinyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, functionalized SiO2, nanocomposites, morphology, mechanical properties

    Introduction

    Nowadays, self-curing polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)

    resins are widely used in construction of a fractured denture

    base because of their easier operability in comparison with

    heat-curing resins.13 However, some problems, such as

    lower hardness, lower strength, poor wear resistance, etc.

    have been identified. Based on the property required, dif-

    ferent types of materials have been produced. Fibers, metal

    wires and nanoparticles are important materials which have

    been reported recently. However, on the one hand, there is

    inadequate adhesion of fibers or metal with polymethyl

    methacrylate and on the other hand, silica nanoparticles are

    easy to aggregate in the polymer matrix owing to high sur-

    face area and surface energy.47 The properties of nano-

    composite can be improved significantly because of the

    modification of the structure and dynamics of a polymer

    near the functionalized SiO2 particle surface.8,9

    Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) has a cage-

    like structure composed of a siliconoxygen framework, in

    which a Si atom is connected to an organic group. The unique

    hybrid organicinorganic structure and size ( 1.5 nm dia-meter and molecular weights 1 kg mol1) make POSSthe smallest possible particles of silica with applications in

    synthetic templates for nanostructured materials.1012

    Kopesky found that the addition of cyclohexyl-POSS and

    methacryl-POSS to PMMA resin provided the highest tough-

    ness values.13,14 Xu also found that a stronger dipoledipole

    interaction might play the main role between the POSS and

    1 Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of Ministry of Education, College

    of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, PR China2Comprehensive Department, College of Stomatology, Jilin University,

    Changchun, PR China

    Corresponding Author:

    Chunling Zhang, Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials of Ministry of

    Education, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University,

    Changchun, 130025, PR China

    Email: [email protected]

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  • the carbonyl of PMMA blends.15 Some studies have indi-

    cated that the physical and mechanical properties of nano-

    composites can be significantly improved when filled with

    POSS nanoparticles.1618

    In the present study, octavinylPOSS (OVPOSS) and

    functionalized SiO2, which have similar SiO bonds and

    different molecular structure, were selected and a series

    of nanocomposites were prepared. Fourier transform

    infrared (FT-IR) spectra, X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns,

    thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), scanning electron

    microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy

    (TEM) photographs were used to explain the morphology

    of OVPOSS and functionalized SiO2. Differential

    scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis revealed the thermal

    properties of the nanocomposites. The influence of

    the mechanical properties of nanocomposites were also

    investigated.

    Experimental

    Starting materials

    Methyl methacrylate (MMA) and self-curing polymethyl-

    methacrylate resin (PMMA) were supplied by Shanghai

    New Century Dental Materials Co., Ltd. The g-methacrylox-ypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPS) and vinyltrimethoxysilane

    were bought from Nanjing Shuguang Chemical Group Co.,

    Ltd of China. SiO2 was obtained from Degussa. Ethanol,

    methanol, toluene, cyclohexane and tetrahydrofuran were

    provided by Beijing Chemical Works and Tianjin Tiantai

    Fine Chemistry Reagent Company of China.

    Synthesis of functionalized SiO2

    Hydroxyl groups spread over the surface of SiO2, so

    SiO2 particles cannot be dispersed directly in resins. Func-

    tionalized SiO2 was synthesized followed published proce-

    dures.19 Dried SiO2 (5 g, 0.83 mol) and toluene (100 mL,

    0.94 mol) were stirred for 2 h at room temperature, and then

    the mixture was mixed with g-methacryloxypropyltri-methoxysilane (MPS) (2.5 mL, 0.01 mol) at 110 C for12 h with constant stirring. The mixture was centrifugally

    separated and the product was washed several times with

    toluene to remove any impurities and unreacted monomers.

    Finally, the white product was dried under vacuum at

    120 C for 2 h.

    Synthesis of OVPOSS

    OVPOSS was synthesized by following the published

    procedures.20 Ethanol (200 mL, 3.54 mol) and vinyltri-

    methoxysilane (100 mL, 0.65 mol) were added to the

    flask, which was equipped with a stirrer. The concen-

    trated hydrochloric acid (2 mL, 0.065 mol) and distilled

    water (15 mL, 0.83 mol) were added dropwise into the

    reaction mixture. A white powder was obtained after stir-

    ring and refluxing at 60 C for 40 h. The samples werethen washed several times with cyclohexane. Finally, the

    recrystallization of OVPOSS by tetrahydrofuran and

    methanol was dried at 60 C in a vacuum drying oven.1H-NMR: (CDCl3, ppm) 6.0 (2H, CHCH2); 29Si-NMR (ppm, solid state): 80.0 (SiO); FT-IR (cm1)with KBr powder: 1600 (CHCH), 1410, 1280 (CH),1110 (SiOSi) (Scheme 1).

    Scheme 1. Synthesis of functionalized SiO2 and OctavinylPOSS.

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  • Preparation of nanocomposites

    MMA solutions containing 0.5 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, and 3 wt.%POSS were prepared in a container. The solutions were dis-

    persed uniformly by ultrasonic shaking (frequency: 28 kHz,

    applied power: 250 W) for 5 min. Then, self-curing poly-

    methylmethacrylate resin was proportionately added to the

    mixed solution. The mixture was transferred quickly into

    molds after the samples had been mixed homogenously.

    Finally, the nanocomposites were cured in a standard mold

    at room temperature. The nanocomposites containing SiO2were prepared by the same method. In the present study

    each sample was prepared at 25 C for 2 h after being takenout of the stainless steel molds and these samples were then

    dried completely in a vacuum oven at 40 C.

    Characterization

    The IR spectra were recorded using a Nexus 670 intelligent

    Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometer and the

    KBr pellet technique. 1H-, 29Si-NMR spectra were

    recorded using CDCl3, as a solvent and TMS as an internal

    standard on AVANCE500MHz. The microstructures of the

    films were analyzed by XRD measurements. The grafting

    percentages of functionalized SiO2 were determined by

    TGA on a Perkin Elmer Pryis I instrument with a heating

    rate of 10 C min1 from 30 to 600 C. The diffractogramswere obtained from a Japan D/max 2500PC XRD at 5*40

    scan area. The dispersion state of the OVPOSS and functio-

    nalized SiO2 were observed by using TEM (JEM-2010;

    Japan). The bulk morphology of the nanocomposites was

    analyzed by SEM using a JSM-6700F Microscope (Japan)

    at an operating voltage of 15 kV. The nanocomposites were

    cut into pieces and the SEM pictures were taken on the flat

    surfaces. Samples were sputter-coated with a 10-nm-thick

    layer of palladium prior to imaging. Hardness was

    determined using a plastic ball indentation hardness tester

    (QYS-96, China). The specimens were indented using a

    Rockwell indenter having a 5 mm diamond press head. The

    friction coefficient tests were carried out using a high-

    temperature friction and wear tester (MG-2000, China).

    The tribological performance of specimens was evaluated

    using a metal-disk test, which was carried out under a

    10 N load for up to 1000 rotations at ambient temperature

    and humidity. Impact notched specimens (length: 100 mm,

    width: 4 mm, and thickness: 1 mm) were tested on an

    instrumented memory-type cantilever beam impact testing

    machine (JJ-20, China).

    Results and discussion

    Synthesis and structural characterization

    Figure 1(a), (b) and (c) present the FT-IR spectra of pure

    SiO2, functionalized SiO2 and PMMA-SiO2, respectively.

    As seen in Figure 1(a), strong absorption peaks appeared at

    3440 cm1 (SiOH), 1090 cm1 (SiOSi) and 810 cm1

    (SiO) in the FT-IR spectrum of SiO2. Furthermore,

    Figure 1(b) shows that new absorption peaks appeared in the

    spectrum of functionalized SiO2 at 1700 cm1 (CO) and

    2940 cm1 (CH2), respectively, indicating that the functiona-lized SiO2 contains the acrylate group. Comparing

    Figure 1(b) with Figure 1(c), it was found that the absorption

    peaks in the spectrum of PMMA-SiO2 that occur at

    1730 cm1 (CO) and 2950 cm1 (CH2) become corre-spondingly stronger than those in the spectrum of functiona-

    lized SiO2.19,21

    Figure 2 presents the TGA curves of pure SiO2 and func-

    tionalized SiO2 under a nitrogen atmosphere. All the sam-

    ples were washed for several times, allowing free MPS to

    be completely removed. As shown in Figure 2, the functio-

    nalized SiO2 was 16.3%. According to Equation (1), the

    Figure 1. FT-IR spectra of (a) pure SiO2; (b) functionalized SiO2;(c) PMMA-SiO2.

    Figure 2. TGA curves of (a) pure SiO2; (b) functionalized SiO2,SiO2 wt.% 5 g; MPS wt.% 2.5 mL.

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  • Figure 3. (a) X- ray diffraction spectra of functionalized SiO2 and PMMA-SiO2 nanocomposites; (b) X-ray diffraction spectra ofOVPOSS and PMMA-POSS nanocomposites.

    Figure 4. (a) and (b) TEM images of octavinylPOSS; (c) and (d) TEM images of SiO2 particles.

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  • individual grafting percentage of functionalized SiO2 is

    17.2%.22 Thus the TGA results were in good agreementwith the FT-IR spectra results, showing that MPS chains

    had been successfully grafted onto the surface of SiO2.19

    Percentage of grafting % Polymer grafted gSilica used g 100%

    1The XRD for functionalized SiO2, pure OVPOSS and

    nanocomposites is shown in Figure 3. According to Figure

    3, the functionalized SiO2 is totally amorphous in nature at

    2y 14 and does not show any sharp diffraction peaks.The XRD patterns of PMMASiO2 nanocomposites show

    broad peaks at 2y 14, which correspond to the PMMApeak, but the SiO2 characteristic peaks at 2y 24have dis-appeared in the PMMASiO2 nanocomposites. As the con-

    tent of SiO2 increased, the amorphous peak at 2y 24didnot shift obviously. As the addition of SiO2 did not induce

    any crystallinity in these polymers, the result indicated that

    the nanocomposites had a homogeneous system.23

    Figure 3(b) presents a comparison of the X-ray diffrac-

    tion patterns for PMMA, PMMA-POSS, and pure

    OVPOSS. Among a variety of bands, the pure POSS profile

    shows six distinct diffraction peaks at 2y 9.703,13.102, 19.669, 20.998, 22.914 and 23.683, corre-sponding to d-spacings of 8.99, 6.75, 4.51, 4.23, 3.88 and

    3.75 nm, respectively.24,25 The first peak, corresponding

    to a d-spacing of 8.99 nm, reflects the size of POSS mole-

    cules and the remaining peaks are due to their rhombohe-

    dral crystal structure.2427 The X-ray diffraction peaks of

    nanocomposites showed a different diffraction pattern

    including a sharp peak of nanocomposites at 2y 9.743and an amorphous peak at 2y 13.4. The amorphous peakwas found to shift as the 2y orientation reduced as the con-tent of POSS increased. It indicates that the distance

    between the polymer chains had increased due to the

    OVPOSS particles.

    Figure 5. (a) SEM image of PMMA-2 wt.% POSS nanocomposites. (b) SEM image of PMMA-3 wt.% POSS nanocomposites. (c) SEMimage of PMMA-2 wt.%SiO2 nanocomposites. (d) SEM image of PMMA-3 wt.%SiO2 nanocomposites.

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  • Morphology analysis

    More information regarding the microstructure in OVPOSS

    and SiO2 was obtained by direct morphological examina-

    tion using TEM. Figure 4 shows the micrograph of

    OVPOSS molecules and SiO2 particles. It can be seen that

    the morphology of OVPOSS was an irregular cube. The

    size of the OVPOSS molecules was found to vary from

    680 to 920 nm, and the average size of molecule was

    780 nm. Another study reported that the aggregation of

    cyclohexyl-POSS molecules led to the formation of short

    cylinders, and the average length and diameter of POSS-

    rich cylinders were approximately 62.5 and 12 nm.28 It

    demonstrated that the morphology of OVPOSS molecules

    led to the formation of aggregation. XRD analysis also

    showed the size of POSS to be 354 to 740 nm. This result

    was the same as the conclusion coming from the TEM

    image analysis. The particle size distribution of SiO2 was

    found to vary from 106 to 554 nm. A large amount of SiO2particles had aggregated although MPS had been tethered

    onto the surface of SiO2.

    The significant differences in the dispersion processes

    for the two nanocomposites are reflected in the final

    morphologies observed by SEM. Figure 5 shows a group

    of SEM images of the samples with 2, 3 wt.% POSS and2, 3 wt.% SiO2. Clearly, the surface of the sample with2 wt.% POSS was uniformly distributed. However, theimage of the sample with 2 wt.% SiO2 implied aggregateparticles on their surfaces. Figure 6 shows the particle size

    distribution, corresponding to the nanocomposites of Figure

    5, respectively. The OVPOSS size of the nanocomposites

    varied from 68 to 113 nm, and the average size of molecules

    was 89 nm. The SiO2 size of nanocomposites varied from 66

    to 194 nm, and the average size of particles was 112 nm. In

    comparison with the TEM analysis, the average size of

    OVPOSS molecules had reduced from 680 to 89 nm. This

    Figure 6. Particle size of nanocomposites.

    Figure 7. (a) DSC curves of PMMA-POSS nanocomposites; (b) DSC curves of PMMA-SiO2 nanocomposites.

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  • illustrates that the OVPOSS crystal aggregate separation led

    to the formation of irregular cube variation.

    Thermal properties of nanocomposites

    The DSC technique was used to investigate glass transi-

    tion temperature of PMMA-POSS and PMMA-SiO2

    nanocomposites. Each nanocomposite has a single Tg in

    Figure 7(a). With the increasing content of POSS, Tgslightly decreased. It was also found that methacryl-POSS

    could disperse in PMMA at a low content before significant

    phase separation.18 It indicates that PMMA-POSS has a

    homogeneous system at a low content. In Figure 7(b) DSC

    curves are presented for the PMMA-SiO2 nanocomposites.

    Loadings up to 3 wt.% led to a decrease in the glass transi-tion temperature Tg. In the 3 wt.% nanocomposites, a secondglass transition event has appeared and this indicates signif-

    icant phase separation at this loading.

    Mechanical properties analysis

    Figure 8(a) shows the hardness of the nanocomposites at

    different content. The PMMA-POSS exhibited a hardness

    value of 152 MPa, which is obviously higher than that of

    PMMA-SiO2 (120 MPa). PMMA-POSS nanocomposites

    have higher hardness than that of the nanocomposites. The

    friction coefficient of PMMA-SiO2 increased rapidly with

    increasing SiO2 content from 0 to 2 wt.% but this trenddecreased when the SiO2 content exceeded 2 wt.%, andthe PMMA-SiO2 has a minimum value in Figure 8(b).

    Figure 8(c) shows the impact strength of the nanocompo-

    sites as a function of particle loading. It was found that the

    impact strength increased from 1.3 to 2.5 kJ m2 for nano-composite of PMMAwith 2wt.% SiO2. However, the impactstrength at breakdecreased, respectively, for the same loading

    of particles. These results indicate that the mechanical prop-

    erties of the nanocomposites containing POSS were much

    better than that of PMMA-SiO2 nanocomposites.

    Figure 8. (a) Hardness of nanocomposites; (b) friction coefficient of nanocomposites; (c) impact strength of nanocomposites.

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  • Conclusions

    Nanocomposites of PMMA with OVPOSS and func-

    tionalized SiO2 were analyzed to determine the effect of

    particles on the morphology and mechanical properties

    of PMMA. XRD, SEM, and TEM were employed for all

    nanocomposites in order to confirm the morphology and

    showed that the reduction in aggregate size with increas-

    ing particles. DSC showed that phase separation became

    apparent in the nanocomposites containing functionalized

    SiO2 in comparison with PMMA-POSS nanocomposites

    at the same loading (f 3 wt.%). The mechanical prop-erties of PMMA-POSS nanocomposites were higher than

    those of the nanocomposites containing functionalized

    SiO2 at the same content.

    Acknowledgements

    The financial support provided by the Development Project of

    Jilin Province Science and Technology of China (No.

    20100544) and the Innovation Project of Jilin University (No.

    200903012) is gratefully acknowledged.

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