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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Brian C. Benicewicz, Columbia, SC (US);
Peng Tao, Troy, NY (US);
Ying LI, Troy, NY (US);
Linda Schadler Feist, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Richard W. Siegel, Troy, NY (US);
Anand Viswanath, Columbia, SC (US);
Brian C. Benicewicz, Columbia, SC (US);
Peng Tao, Troy, NY (US);
Ying Li, Troy, NY (US);
Linda Schadler Feist, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Richard W. Siegel, Troy, NY (US);
Anand Viswanath, Columbia, SC (US);
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (US);
Abstract
Silicone-based nanocomposites that include a plurality of multimodal nanoparticles dispersed within a silicone-based polymeric matrix are provided. Each of the multimodal nanoparticle has a first plurality of long silicone compatible polymeric chains and a second plurality of short silicone compatible polymeric chains grafted onto a surface of a nanoparticle (e.g., an inorganic nanoparticle, such as silica, alumina, titania, indium tin oxide, CdSe, etc.), with the short silicone compatible polymeric chains present on each multimodal nanoparticle at a higher grafting density than the long silicone compatible polymeric chains. Methods are also provided for forming a silicone-based nanocomposite.