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Article Citation - WoS: 12Citation - Scopus: 14Anomalous Transmittance of Polystyrene-Ceria Nanocomposites at High Particle Loadings†(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013) Parlak, Onur; Demir, Mustafa MuammerOptical nanocomposites based on transparent polymers and nanosized pigment particles have usually been produced at low particle concentrations due to the undesirable optical scattering of the pigment particles. However, the contribution of the particles to many physical properties is realized at high concentrations. In this study, nanocomposites were prepared with transparent polystyrene (PS) and organophilic CeO2 nanoparticles using various compositions in which the particle content was up to 95 wt%. The particles, capped by 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPS), were dispersed into PS and the transmittance of the spin-coated composite films was examined over the UV-visible region. When the particle concentration was <20 wt%, the transmittance of the films showed a first-order exponential decay as the Rayleigh scattering theory proposes. However, a positive deviation was observed from the decay function for higher particle contents. The improvement in transmittance may be a consequence of interference in the multiple scattering of light by the quasi-ordered internal microstructure that gradually develops as the particle concentration increases.Article Citation - WoS: 109Citation - Scopus: 119Synthesis of Amidoximated Polyacrylonitrile Fibers and Its Application for Sorption of Aqueous Uranyl Ions Under Continuous Flow(Elsevier Ltd., 2012) Horzum Polat, Nesrin; Shahwan, Talal; Parlak, Onur; Demir, Mustafa MuammerThis study reports a feasible method for the removal of radioactive U(VI) ions from aqueous systems via column sorption under continuous flow. Electrospun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers were used as sorbent materials in a homemade minicolumn. The nitrile groups on the fibers' surface were modified to amidoxime groups using hydroxylamine hydrochloride. Surface modification was observed to enhance the sorption capacity of PAN fibers toward uranium ions by more than 4-fold by virtue of the chelating ability of the amidoxime groups. The experiments investigated the effect of pH, initial concentration, and repetitive loading on the sorption properties of amidoximated PAN fibers. Based on the overall results, the surface-modified fibers seem to be a suitable potential sorbent material for applications in environmental cleanup, particularly for nuclear plants.Article Citation - WoS: 73Citation - Scopus: 73Toward Transparent Nanocomposites Based on Polystyrene Matrix and Pmma-Grafted Ceo 2 Nanoparticles(American Chemical Society, 2011) Parlak, Onur; Demir, Mustafa MuammerThe association of transparent polymer and nanosized pigment particles offers attractive optical materials for various potential and existing applications. However, the particles embedded into polymers scatter light due to refractive index (RI) mismatch and reduce transparency of the resulting composite material. In this study, optical composites based on polystyrene (PS) matrix and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-grafted CeO 2 hybrid particles were prepared. CeO 2 nanoparticles with an average diameter of 18 ± 8 nm were precipitated by treating Ce(NO 3) ·6H 2O with urea in the presence of a polymerizable surfactant, 3-methacyloxypropyltrimethoxy silane. PMMA chains were grafted on the surface of the nanoparticles upon free radical in situ solution polymerization. While blending of unmodified CeO 2 particles with PS resulted in opaque films, the transparency of the composite films was remarkably enhanced when prepared by PMMA-grafted CeO 2 hybrid particles, particularly those having a PMMA thickness of 9 nm. The improvement in transparency is presumably due to the reduction in RI mismatch between CeO 2 particles and the PS matrix when using PMMA chains at the interface.