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Cover Feature: Morphology Tuneable and Multifunctional Polystyrene‐Silicone Nano‐Composite Materials (ChemNanoMat 7/2019)
Author(s) -
Zhang Xiaotian,
Seeger Stefan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemnanomat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.947
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2199-692X
DOI - 10.1002/cnma.201900329
Subject(s) - compositing , materials science , polystyrene , silicone , composite number , nanocomposite , morphology (biology) , expanded polystyrene , composite material , silicone oil , nano , chemical engineering , polymer , computer science , image (mathematics) , artificial intelligence , biology , engineering , genetics
A nanocomposite of polystyrene (PS)‐silicone nanofilaments (SNFs) has been designed. The presented composite material is the first to be reported combining PS with SNFs. The innovative method to control the morphology of the PS was realized by changing the initiator amount and the post‐treatment methods after synthesis. The high surface area achieved by SNFs was further extended with the compositing of PS. Due to the option to change the morphology in a tailor‐made way, the novel composite material has great potential for applications, e.g. in the field of oil/water separation and photocatalysis. More information can be found in the Full Paper by Stefan Seeger and Xiaotian Zhang on page 964 in Issue 7, 2019 (DOI: 10.1002/cnma.201900161).