Authors: Nghiem, Quoc Dat; Kim, Dong-Pyo; Kim, Sang Ouk

Source: Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Volume 8, Number 10, October 2008 , pp. 5527-5531(5)

Publisher: American Scientific Publishers

Abstract:

The fabrication of SiC ceramic materials with an ordered nanostructure through the direct pyrolysis of a self-assembled inorganic-organic block copolymer has generally been unsuccessful even though the versatile processibility has been demonstrated with organic-organic block copolymers. Here we report the synthesis of a novel polycarbosilane-block-poly(methyl methacrylate) diblock copolymer through ring-opening living anionic polymerization in a THF and n-hexane solvent system at −48 °C. The resulting block copolymer exhibited phase-separation behavior on the nanoscale to form a self-assembled nanostructure that was converted to a mesoporous ceramic after heating at 800 °C. The characterization of diblock copolymer is simultaneously investigated by GPC, and NMR analyses. The self-assembly of diblock copolymer is characterized by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). In particular, the preparation of high-temperature-stable nanostructured silicon carbide and mesoporous silicon carbide ceramic directed from cross-linked polycarbosilane blocks with a high ceramic yield are described, which exhibits well-oriented nanostructures with the size in a range of 4-10 nm. These exciting results have a great potential to open a new field for the generation of nanostructured non-oxide ceramic or metal-ceramic materials for a broad class of applications.

Keywords: SELF-ASSEMBLY; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; NANOSTRUCTURED CERAMICS; MESOPOROUS SIC

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2008.1285

Publication date: 2008-10-01

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