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Supramolecular crosslinking of biomimetic poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) nanocomposite reinforced with multi-walled carbon nanotubes

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dc.date.accessioned 2016-04-08T08:04:38Z und
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-24T12:19:19Z
dc.date.available 2016-04-08T08:04:38Z und
dc.date.available 2017-10-24T12:19:19Z
dc.date.issued 2016-04-08T08:04:38Z
dc.identifier.uri http://radr.hulib.helsinki.fi/handle/10138.1/5402 und
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10138.1/5402
dc.title Supramolecular crosslinking of biomimetic poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) nanocomposite reinforced with multi-walled carbon nanotubes en
ethesis.discipline Organic chemistry en
ethesis.discipline Orgaaninen kemia fi
ethesis.discipline Organisk kemi sv
ethesis.department.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/c2dd677c-da9c-4011-94b0-27b1585ac1cb
ethesis.department Kemiska institutionen sv
ethesis.department Department of Chemistry en
ethesis.department Kemian laitos fi
ethesis.faculty Matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten sv
ethesis.faculty Matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta fi
ethesis.faculty Faculty of Science en
ethesis.faculty.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/8d59209f-6614-4edd-9744-1ebdaf1d13ca
ethesis.university.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/50ae46d8-7ba9-4821-877c-c994c78b0d97
ethesis.university Helsingfors universitet sv
ethesis.university University of Helsinki en
ethesis.university Helsingin yliopisto fi
dct.creator Lemetti, Laura
dct.issued 2016
dct.language.ISO639-2 eng
dct.abstract Evolving technology sets new requirements to material development all the time. Many scientists are trying to meet these requirements by the means of biomimetics. Biomaterials, like spider silk and nacre, have exceptional properties which derive from their hierarchical organization and supramolecular interactions. Spider silk has attracted plenty of attention during the past decades. It has high tensile strength and very good elongation properties but in addition to these, researchers are interested in of the energy dissipating properties which arise from sacrificial bonding and hidden lengths in the protein structure. Production of synthetic spider silk has been approached in several ways. Different nanocomposites consisting of polymers and carbon nanotubes have been studied extensively. In these nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes are used to mimic reinforcing β-sheets which enable high tensile strength of spider silk. Polymer is used to simulate the non-crystalline regions which give rise to high elongation of spider silk. In this Master's thesis, a review of supramolecular concepts enabling biomimetic research is presented. Also chemical and physical structure and properties of spider silk and carbon nanotubes and their role in different biomimetic materials are presented. The experimental part of this thesis consists of functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) with 2-ureido-4[1H]-pyrimidinone hexamethylene isocyanate. These materials were used to prepare nanocomposites via self-assembly. The aim of this study was to prepare two-component nanocomposite with high tensile strength. Tensile tests on the nanocomposites were carried out and major improvement in the mechanical properties were observed. Even though the ultimate strength of the materials did not reach expected values, the composites functionalized with dimerizing ureidopyrimidinone-motifs resisted crack growth like predicted. en
dct.language en
ethesis.language.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/languages/eng
ethesis.language English en
ethesis.language englanti fi
ethesis.language engelska sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu-avhandlingar sv
ethesis.thesistype pro gradu -tutkielmat fi
ethesis.thesistype master's thesis en
ethesis.thesistype.URI http://data.hulib.helsinki.fi/id/thesistypes/mastersthesis
dct.identifier.urn URN:NBN:fi-fe2017112251503
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