Versatile and robust syntheses for polymer nanocomposites are instrumental in the development of multifunctional and advanced soft materials. In the first part of this talk, trialkylborane-ligand complexes are explored as a new initiation system for fabricating nanocomposites with carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in bulk thiol-ene polymerization under ambient conditions. Alkylborane initiation uniquely affords thiol-ene nanocomposites with unmatched filler loadings and sample thicknesses by minimizing restrictions imposed by long pathlengths and light-impeding fillers during photoinitiation. In the second part of this talk, we explore the synthesis of well-dispersed nanocomposites under ambient conditions using both covalently modified 2D titanium carbide (MXene) and in-situ polymerization via thiol-isocyanate “click” chemistry.

Thiol-X nanocomposites via alkylborane initiation, <i>in-situ</i> polymerization, and covalently modified 2D nanomaterials

ACS Spring Meeting 2021

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Thiol-X nanocomposites via alkylborane initiation, in-situ polymerization, and covalently modified 2D nanomaterials