PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION OF MONOMER METHYL METHACRYLATE (PMMA) WITH INDIUM TIN OXIDE (ITO) NANOPARTICLE AND MODIFICATIONS BY POLYETHYLENE-BLOCK-POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PE-BPEG) USING UV CURING TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

Photopolymerizations of monomer methyl methacrylate being nanocomposite have been widely carried out because it has the advantage that it can improve the properties of the materials used. The purpose of this research was to study the synthesized characteristics of PMMA+ITO and PMMA+ITO+PE-b-PEG using the UV Curing method. The nanocomposites were synthesized with a variation of ITO concentrations were 5% w/t, 10% w/t, and 15% w/t. The characterization group functions using FTIR spectroscopy showed the loss of absorption peaks at wave numbers 3100 cm-1 and 1670 cm-1 at PMMA. The results of XRD characterization showed that effect addition of PE-b-PEG, peaks appeared around the 2θ 19°-28° area which was a typical peak for PE-b-PEG. the nanocomposite is an amorphous phase still dominated. Value of conductivity of nanocomposite PMMA addition of ITO with a concentration of 15% resulted in a nanocomposite with the highest conductivity value of 6.4068 x 10-7 S/m