Inserção de nanopartículas metálicas em resina epóxi : estudos espectroscópicos

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Elisângela Teles
• Orientador(a): Cunha, Frederico Guilherme de Carvalho
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Sergipe
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Nanopartículas de prata; Resina epóxi; Ação bactericida; Nanocompósitos poliméricos
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Nanoparticles of silver; Epoxy resin; Bactericidal action; Polymer nanocomposite
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA DE MATERIAIS E METALURGICA
• Link de acesso: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/3532

This work describes the production and characterization of colloidal solution of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and insertion of this colloidal solution in a polymeric ma-trix of epoxy resin. The first stage of this work was the preparation of AgNPs in colloi-dal solution, using AgNO3 as the precursor, ethylene glycol as a medium and dispersant sodium citrate as reducing agent and stabilizer. Were also measured the temporal sta-bility of the solution of AgNPs for possible use over time. The colloidal solution of Ag-NPs was characterized by UV-Vis, DLS (dynamic light scattering) and Zeta potential and through its measures. We found that the colloidal solution of AgNPs is composed of stable nanoparticles, and spherical with average diameter around 10 to 12 nm. In the second stage the preparation and characterization of polymeric matrix of epoxy resin with different solution concentrations (2 ml, 5 ml, 8 ml and 10 ml) of AgNPs inseted manually into the matrix. Structural characterization of components of the polymeric matrix was performed using the techniques of FTIR spectroscopy (Fouri-er transform infrared) and Raman. The indication of the presence of AgNPs and their state of dispersion in the epoxy matrix was studied by UV-Vis spectroscopy and TEM (transmission electron microscopy), and through the results showed the presence of nanoparticles in a dispersed and an average size around 50 nm. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) to check the maximum thermal stability of nanocomposite were per-formed. The TGA results indicated that the degradation temperature of the polymer underwent a slight decrease with increasing the volume of solution to resin AgNPs in-serted. In addition, analysis was performed microhardness of the epoxy resin produced with different concentrations of AgNPs solution and subjected to heat treatment. Ac-cording to the microhardness tests, the presence of ethylene glycol in the epoxy matrix significantly altered their microhardness values, acting as a plasticizer.