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Preparation of polyoxazoline-modified reduced graphene oxide and its incorporation into silica

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Amino-terminated poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) (PMeOXz-NH2) was synthesized using the living cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-methyl-2-oxazoline (MeOXz). PMeOXz chains were introduced onto graphene oxide (GO) by the condensation reaction between GO and PMeOXz-NH2 to give PMeOXz-grafted GO (PMeOXz-g-GO), which was converted to PMeOXz-grafted reduced graphene oxide (PMeOXz-g-rGO) by hydrazine reduction. Acid-catalyzed sol–gel method of tetraethoxysilane was carried out in the presence of PMeOXz-g-rGO to give a transparent PMeOXz-g-rGO/SiO2 hybrid retaining the optical property of rGO.

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  1. Division of Chemistry for Materials, Graduate School of Engineering, Mie University, Tsu, 514-8507, Japan

    Nabihah Abdullah, Kazuki Hirata, Kazuya Hatano, Takahito Itoh, Masataka Kubo, Akira Koshio & Fumio Kokai

  2. Division of Advanced Integration Engineering, Graduate School of Regional Innovation Studies, Mie University, Tsu, 514-8507, Japan

    Masataka Kubo

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Abdullah, N., Hirata, K., Hatano, K. et al. Preparation of polyoxazoline-modified reduced graphene oxide and its incorporation into silica. Polym. Bull. 72, 1055–1065 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-015-1321-8

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