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UV‐Cured Nanostructured Gold/Acrylic Coating
Author(s) -
Sangermano Marco,
Marchino Andrea,
Perruchas Sandrine,
Gacoin Thierry,
Rizza Giancarlo
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/mame.200800201
Subject(s) - materials science , photopolymer , coating , dispersion (optics) , colloidal gold , polymerization , homogeneous , dispersion polymerization , nanoparticle , chemical engineering , acrylic resin , composite material , nanotechnology , polymer , optics , physics , engineering , thermodynamics
An aqueous dispersion of gold nanoparticles was added to an acrylic resin and UV‐cured. The photopolymerization process was followed by means of real‐time FT‐IR spectroscopy. Nanostructured coatings containing a homogeneous dispersion of gold nanoparticles with an average size range of 20–25 nm were achieved. Macroscopic aggregation during polymerization was avoided due to the rapid initiation and kinetic associated with the photopolymerization technique, which allowed the medium to quickly solidify around the dispersion particles.