| dc.contributor.advisor | Niels Holten-Andersen. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Laris, Omar A. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-17T17:21:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-17T17:21:27Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2020 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131012 | |
| dc.description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, May, 2020 | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from the official PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (page 28). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Leveraging metal-coordination crosslinks for materials design of polymers can enable fine-tuning of the mechanical properties of rubbers without requiring the use of sophisticated vulcanization pathways. In this work, we synthesized several polyisoprene-graft-histamine gels in toluene, coordinated by Ni²⁺ and Co²⁺ ions. In addition, we synthesized polystyrene-graft-histamine-Ni(OH)₂ composites in DMF, with Ni(OH)₂ nanoparticles nucleated and grown in situ upon the addition of a hydroxide. The viscoelastic mechanical properties of these materials are improved relative to the base polymers. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Omar A. Laris. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 28 pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Materials Science and Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | Mechanical properties of gels formed by nickel and cobalt complexation with histamine-grafted polyisoprene and polystyrene in non-aqueous solvents | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering | en_US |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 1256550177 | en_US |
| dc.description.collection | S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering | en_US |
| dspace.imported | 2021-06-17T17:21:27Z | en_US |
| mit.thesis.degree | Bachelor | en_US |
| mit.thesis.department | MatSci | en_US |
