In order to modify inorganic particles as chromatic electrophoretic particles, an approach was designed and used to prepare Fe203 red electrophoretic particles. These Fe203-cationic hybrid nanoparticles （Fe203-CHNPs...In order to modify inorganic particles as chromatic electrophoretic particles, an approach was designed and used to prepare Fe203 red electrophoretic particles. These Fe203-cationic hybrid nanoparticles （Fe203-CHNPs）were prepared through Fe203 core covered with polymer shell which was composed of SiO2 and P （DMAEMA-co-HMA） by using atom transfer radical polymerization （ATRP）technique. The SiO：-coating could introduce the functional group on the surfaceof inorganic particles, through which the polymer shell could be formed by using ATRP tech- nique. The results of Fourier transform infrared spectra （FT-IR）, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS） and thermal gravimetric analysis （TGA）confirmed the chemical compositions of Fe2O3-CHNPs; the images of transmission elec- tron microscopy （TEM） indicated the core-shell structure of Fe2O3-CHNPs; the measurements of dynamic light scatter- ing （DLS） showed a 253.7 nm average particle size with narrow size distribution; and the zeta potential measurements identified the high chargeability of Fe2O3-CHNPs. Furthermore, the resulting nanoparticles were successfully applied in the electrophoretic display cell, which demonstrated that it was an effective approach to preparing chromatic elec- trophoretic particles.展开更多
文摘In order to modify inorganic particles as chromatic electrophoretic particles, an approach was designed and used to prepare Fe203 red electrophoretic particles. These Fe203-cationic hybrid nanoparticles （Fe203-CHNPs）were prepared through Fe203 core covered with polymer shell which was composed of SiO2 and P （DMAEMA-co-HMA） by using atom transfer radical polymerization （ATRP）technique. The SiO：-coating could introduce the functional group on the surfaceof inorganic particles, through which the polymer shell could be formed by using ATRP tech- nique. The results of Fourier transform infrared spectra （FT-IR）, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS） and thermal gravimetric analysis （TGA）confirmed the chemical compositions of Fe2O3-CHNPs; the images of transmission elec- tron microscopy （TEM） indicated the core-shell structure of Fe2O3-CHNPs; the measurements of dynamic light scatter- ing （DLS） showed a 253.7 nm average particle size with narrow size distribution; and the zeta potential measurements identified the high chargeability of Fe2O3-CHNPs. Furthermore, the resulting nanoparticles were successfully applied in the electrophoretic display cell, which demonstrated that it was an effective approach to preparing chromatic elec- trophoretic particles.
