Abstract
The direct encapsulation of co-valently modified clay platelets by polymers via surfactant-free, starved-feed emulsion polymerization was investigated. It was demonstrated using cryo-transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) that small Laponite RD (LRD) platelets were encapsulated inside spherical latex particles, whereas larger montmorillonite (MMT) platelets were encapsulated inside dumbbell-like or snowman-like nonspherical latex particles. The TEM and SEM images show that a considerable amount of spherical particles were present when modified MMT was used for emulsion polymerization. However, It was found using cryogenic TEM (cryo-TEM) analysis that some dumbbell-like or snowman-like particles are free of clay platelets.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4654-4656 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Macromolecules |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue number | 14 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 11 2006 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Organic Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry