Tan Wai Kian, Yokoi Atsushi, Kawamura Go, Matsuda Atsunori, Muto Hiroyuki
Institute of Liberal Arts and Science, Toyohashi University of Technology, 441-8580 Toyohashi, Japan.
Department of Electrical & Electronics Information Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, 441-8580 Toyohashi, Japan.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2019 Jun 14;9(6):886. doi: 10.3390/nano9060886.
Formation of functional composite materials with desired properties is important for advanced application development. However, formation of a homogenous composite material via conventional mixing methods still remains a challenge due to agglomeration. Therefore, this work reports and demonstrates the formation of a homogeneous poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA)-indium tin oxide (ITO) composite with high visible light transparency (up to 90%) with an excellent shielding effect of infra-red (IR) via a facile electrostatic assembly method. This PMMA-ITO composite with good transparency and an IR shielding effect has good potential to be used in the automobile industry for vehicle windscreens as well as in heat preservation or preventive technology. The IR shielding rate is demonstrated to be controllable by changing the amount of ITO nanoparticles additive. This finding would provide a platform for development of IR optical related polymeric composite materials.
制备具有所需性能的功能性复合材料对于先进应用开发至关重要。然而，由于团聚问题，通过传统混合方法制备均匀的复合材料仍然是一个挑战。因此，本工作报道并展示了通过一种简便的静电组装方法，形成了具有高可见光透明度（高达90%）且对红外线（IR）具有优异屏蔽效果的均匀聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯（PMMA）-氧化铟锡（ITO）复合材料。这种具有良好透明度和IR屏蔽效果的PMMA-ITO复合材料在汽车工业中用于车辆挡风玻璃以及保温或防护技术方面具有良好的潜力。通过改变ITO纳米颗粒添加剂的量，IR屏蔽率被证明是可控的。这一发现将为红外光学相关聚合物复合材料的开发提供一个平台。
