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PY181 Pigment Microspheres of Nanoplates Synthesized via Polymer‐Induced Liquid Precursors
Author(s) -
Ma Yurong,
Mehltretter Gerald,
Plüg Carsten,
Rademacher Nadine,
Schmidt Martin U.,
Cölfen Helmut
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200900316
Subject(s) - materials science , ethylene glycol , polymer , chemical engineering , copolymer , phase (matter) , pigment , imine , organic chemistry , composite material , catalysis , chemistry , engineering
Organic pigments are important crystalline substances, and their properties and applications rely on size and shape control. Pigment Yellow 181 (PY181) is an industrial azo pigment that is light and weatherfast and suitable for high temperature processing. One disadvantage is its needle‐like shape in the default β ‐phase, which makes the pigment difficult to process in industry, e.g., in polymer melts, where a spherical structure would be ideal. Here, we show for the first time, that polymer‐induced liquid precursor structures can be formed even in association to a chemical reaction. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that biomineralization principles can be exploited for the generation of advanced functional materials, such as pigments with novel complex morphology and different properties. Stable PY181 microspheres of nanoplates in the β ‐phase were obtained in mixed solvents of water and isopropanol by direct azo coupling under the directing influence of a designed copolymer additive aminobenzoylaminobenzamide‐acetoacetyl‐poly(ethylene imine)‐ block ‐poly(ethylene glycol) (ABABA‐acetoacetyl‐PEI‐ b ‐PEG).