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A Green Stirring Plasma Functionalization Strategy for Controllable Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups on Octa-Methyl POSS Microstructure

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NANOMATERIALS
卷 13, 期 20, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nano13202770

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plasma treatment; selective grafting; functionalization; POSS; carboxyl groups; hydroxyl groups

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This paper presents a green stirring plasma strategy for the functionalization of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) materials. By using a low-pressure oxygen plasma, reactive oxygen species are grafted onto the surface of POSS, forming oxygen-containing functional groups. The precise control of functional groups on the cage-like structure of POSS is demonstrated, offering a more environmentally friendly pathway for the preparation of designable fillers.
The distinctive cage-like structure of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) materials makes them highly effective fillers in composite membranes for separation applications. However, realizing their full potential in the application often requires specific surface functionalization with various groups. However, this requirement remains challenging owing to the limitations of wet-chemistry approaches, which frequently result in the generation of hazardous chemical by-products. In this paper, a green stirring plasma strategy is presented for the functionalization of octa-methyl POSS sub-micron particles into designable oxygen-containing functional groups using a low-pressure oxygen plasma from combined continuous wave and pulsed (CW+P) modes. Plasma from oxygen gas with CW mode offers highly oxygen-reactive species to continuously etch and activate the surface of the POSS. The resulting pulsed plasma assists in grafting more reactive oxygen species onto the active methyl groups of the POSS to form specific oxygen-containing functional groups including hydroxyl and carboxyl. A precise control of nearly one hydroxyl or one carboxyl group at the corner of the cage structure of the POSS is demonstrated, without damaging the core. Therefore, the plasma process discussed in this work is suggested by the authors as controllable fundamental research for the surface functionalization of sub-micron particles, promoting a more environmentally friendly pathway for the preparation of designable fillers.

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