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.