INVESTIGADORES
BOTTA pablo Martin
artículos
Título:
Structure and properties of self-assembled fluorocarbon-silica nanocomposites
Autor/es:
CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ-ABREU; PABLO M. BOTTA; JOSÉ RIVAS; KENJI ARAMAKI; MANUEL A. LÓPEZ QUINTELA
Revista:
JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Año: 2008 vol. 354 p. 1074 - 1079
ISSN:
0022-3093
Resumen:
The formation of fluorocarbon–silica nanocomposites by the self-assembly of a fluorinated surfactant and aminoalkoxysilane coupling agents was studied by X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, NMR spectroscopy and thermal analysis. The prepared materials posses a lamellar nanostructure consisting of non-crystalline fluorinated and condensed silica layers, the latter being very thin. The prepared materials show interesting properties for applications, such as hydrophobicity, thermal stability, high content of aminopropyl groups and low dielectric constant (2.8), which is almost independent on frequency. Moreover, the dielectric response can be interpreted in the framework of the Maxwell–Wagner model.