Radiation Synthesis and Magnetic Property Investigations of the Graft Copolymer Poly(Ethylene-g-Acrylic Acid)/Fe₃O₄ Film

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• 作者：Mohamed Mohamady Ghobashy…
• 关键词：Radiation synthesis ; Magnetic film ; Graft copolymer ; Fe3O4
• 刊名：Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：30
• 期：2
• 页码：401-406
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• 刊物类别：Physics and Astronomy
• 刊物主题：Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials; Condensed Matter Physics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1557-1947
• 卷排序：30

文摘

In this work, acrylic acid (AAc) monomer was grafted onto low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films by the direct method to obtain acid (LDPE-grafted poly(acrylic acid) (LDPE-g-PAAc)) graft copolymers. The presence of the grafted PAAc with COOH groups allows coupling with Fe2+/3+ ions. The stabilization of Fe₃O₄ particles onto the graft copolymers was done by in situ reduction of LDPE-g-PAAc/Fe2+/3+ with sodium borohydride (NaBH₄) in aqueous solution. The LDPE-g-PAAc graft copolymer and LDPE-g-PAAc/Fe₃O₄ composite films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and electron spin resonance (ESR). The synthesized composites exhibit excellent magnetic properties. The results indicated that the magnetic oxide (Fe₃O₄) was embedded and homogenously dispersed into the surfaces of the graft copolymer films as indicated by SEM. The FT-IR analysis clearly suggests that an AAc monomer was effectively grafted onto LDPE. The XRD studies elucidate the change in the crystallinity of the graft copolymers.