Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (5): 966.

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Studies on Grafting Modification of Collagen and Application to Preparation of Low IR Emissivity Coating

ZHOU Yu-Ming1, SHAN Yun1, CAO Yong1,2, XU Qun-Hua1, JU Huang-Xian2, WU Zong-Han3   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;
    2. Institute of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
    3. Department of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • Received:2003-03-18 Online:2004-05-24 Published:2004-05-24

Abstract: More and more requirements are put forward to infrared stealth coating with the development of detection technology, therefore, the key point in the infrared stealth coating research is how to achieve the lowest infrared emissivity under the circumstance of being compatible of visible light and radar stealth. Indium oxide powder, which is commonly used for the sake of visible light stealth as a coloring pigment in the preparation of coating, has a high emissivity and cannot lower the emissivity of coating consequently. Collagen, a biomacromolecule material, is a triple helix composed of three polypeptide chains. Owing to a great number of dipoles and molecule-bound charges in collagen molecules, actually collagen is a bioelectret and has the properties of polarization, electrostatics and so on. Additionally, collagen molecule abounds in elements such as oxygen and nitrogen, which shows a good affinity to metal oxide, so collagen can be used to modify and stabilize metal oxide powder. But the native collagen adsorbs water easily so that it cant be directly put into application. In this paper, grafting copolymerization of collagen with methyl methacrylate(MMA) initiated by ammonium cerium nitrate(CAN) and 2,2-azo-bis-iso-butyronitrile(AIBN) was carried out in an aqueous medium. The coating was prepared by the composites of collagen-g-MMA copolymer and indium oxide nanoparticles. The effect of the grafting temperature and the extractive solvent on the copolymer and the IR emissivity of the coating of the composites thereof was studied, and at the same time, the mechanism for the decrease in the IR emissivity of the coating was discussed by contrasting the microstructures of the collagen/indium oxide and copolymer/indium oxide composites. The results showed that the collagen-g-MMA copolymer with a grain size of 40—80 nm could be prepared at 50—55 ℃ with acetone and distilled water as the extractive solvents. The coating prepared by t

Key words: Collagen, Grafting modification, IR emissivity, Nanoparticle

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