CONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES OF INORGANIC/ORGANIC NANOSTRUCTURED SYSTEMS BASED ON BLOCK COPOLYMERS

摘要

The main aim of this work was the generation of novel smart materials, in this case thermo-responsive inorganic/organic mesoanostructured hybrids based on different low molecular weight liquid crystals (LC) and conductive rutile TiO_2 nanoparticles. LC as partially miscible with polystyrene (PS) was well-dispersed using amphiphilic poly(styrene-b-ethylene oxide) block copolymers (PS-b-PEO). Simultaneously, LC was used as surfactant for conductive rutile TiO_2 nanoparticles.