CONVERSION OF PRECERAMIC POLYMER BRUSHES AND BRUSH COMPLEXES TO CERAMIC BY LASER ANNEALING ON SILICON WAFERS AND SILICA NANOPARTICLES
Thermally stable materials are necessary for high-performance ceramic coatings, but traditional annealing techniques can be laborious and slow. This study investigates the use of laser annealing to quickly transform brush-functionalized silica nanoparticles and preceramic polymer brushes into ceramics.The Stöber process was used to create silica nanoparticles, which were then functionalized for polymerization. SiC brushes were made from 3-(1,1,1,5,5,5-hexamethyl-3-((trimethylsilyl)oxy)trisiloxan-3-yl)propyl methacrylate, and SiN brushes were made from PDMAEMA complexed with Durazane 1800. Polymer brushes were grafted onto silicon substrates using ATRP. By using emulsion polymerization, core-shell silica nanoparticles with SiC shells were created. Rapid polymer-to-ceramic conversion was made possible by laser annealing, creating thermally stable SiCxNy. materials. For applications involving nanocomposite materials and sophisticated ceramic coatings, this method provides an effective substitute.