Preparation of Laponite-Armored Polystyrene Particles by Pickering Emulsion Polymerization

Abstract:

Laponite-armored polystyrene (PS) particles were fabricated by Pickering emulsion polymerization. Emulsions of styrene dispersed in water were stabilized by hydrophobic modified Laponite nanodiscs. The properties of PS particles were investigated by TEM, SEM and DLS. The results show that these particles have narrow size distribution with diameter around 160 nm, which attributes to the improvable wettibility of modified Laponite stabilizer. TEM result proves that Laponite nanodiscs are on the surface of PS particles.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 750-752)
• Pages: 152-155
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.750-752.152
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Ying Yang, Da Yong Wu, Shi Dong Jiang
• Keywords: Modified Laponite, Pickering Emulsion, PS Particles

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