Chapter 23. Designing Organic/Inorganic Colloids by Heterophase Polymerization

  1. Prof. Dr. Michael Buback5,
  2. A. M. van Herk6
  1. Elodie Bourgeat-Lami1,
  2. Norma Negrete Herrera1,
  3. Jean-Luc Putaux2,
  4. Adeline Perro3,
  5. Stéphane Reculusa3,
  6. Serge Ravaine3,
  7. Etienne Duguet4

Published Online: 31 MAY 2007

DOI: 10.1002/9783527610860.ch23

Book Title

Radical Polymerization: Kinetics and Mechanism, Volume 248

Radical Polymerization: Kinetics and Mechanism, Volume 248

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How to Cite

Bourgeat-Lami, E., Herrera, N. N., Putaux, J.-L., Perro, A., Reculusa, S., Ravaine, S. and Duguet, E. (2007) Designing Organic/Inorganic Colloids by Heterophase Polymerization, in Radical Polymerization: Kinetics and Mechanism, Volume 248 (eds M. Buback and A. M. van Herk), Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany. doi: 10.1002/9783527610860.ch23

Editor Information

  1. 5

    Institute of Physical Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 6, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany

  2. 6

    Laboratory for Polymer Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Author Information

  1. 1

    Laboratoire de Chimie et Procédés de Polymérisation - CNRS-CPE Lyon - Bâtiment 308 F, 43, boulevard du 11 novembre 1918 - BP 2077 - 69616 Villeurbanne Cedex, France

  2. 2

    Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales, ICMG/CNRS, BP 53, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France

  3. 3

    Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal – CNRS, 115, avenue du Dr Schweitzer - 33600 Pessac, France

  4. 4

    Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux – CNRS - 87, avenue du Dr Schweitzer - 33608 Pessac Cedex, France

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 31 MAY 2007
  2. Published Print: 13 APR 2007

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9783527320561

Online ISBN: 9783527610860

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Keywords:

  • radical polymerization;
  • kinetics;
  • mechanism;
  • polymerization in heterogeneous systems;
  • designing organic/inorganic colloids;
  • emulsion polymerization;
  • laponite;
  • nanocomposite colloids;
  • silica

Summary

Polymer/silica and polymer/Laponite nanocomposite colloids with various morphologies have been elaborated through emulsion polymerization using a polymerizable organosilane (route I) and a methyl methacrylate-terminated macromonomer (route II) as coupling agents. Depending on the synthetic strategy and on the nature of the mineral particles, either core-shell, raspberry-like, multipod-like, currant bun or inverted core-shell morphologies (the mineral forming the shell) were achieved. Beyond the control of particle shape, we have demonstrated that some of the polymerizations exhibited particular kinetics behaviours, which could be correlated to the mechanism of formation of the composite particles. Interestingly, conversion versus time curves of a series of soap free polymerizations performed in the presence of the macromonomer showed a significant increase in the polymerization rate with increasing the inorganic particles concentration. Characterization of the composite latexes by transmission electron microscopy showed that the mineral was located at the surface of the latex spheres and participated therefore to their stabilization. The higher the amount of inorganic particles, the lower the particles size and the higher the polymerization rate.

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