150
Views
9
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Preparation of Halloysite Nanotubes/Polystyrene (HNTs/PS) Core‐shell Particles via Soap‐less Microemulsion Polymerization

&
Pages 891-897 | Received 01 Mar 2007, Accepted 01 Apr 2007, Published online: 05 Sep 2007
 

Halloysite nanotubes/polystyrene (HNTs/PS) inorganic/organic core‐shell particles were prepared via a convenient soap‐less microemulsion polymerization. The inorganic cores were pre‐treated with allyl alcohol (AA) and the polymer shells were prepared successfully by the facile soap‐less microemulsion polymerization of styrene (St) with the allyl alcohol‐modified halloysite nanotube (AA‐HNT) nanoparticles as seeds, and potassium persulfate (KPS) as initiator in water. The products were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The morphologies of the HNTs/PS core‐shell particles were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The mechanism of the nucleation is also mentioned.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province (3ZS041‐A25‐002) and the Interdisciplinary Innovation Research Fund For Young Scholars, Lanzhou University (LZU200302).

Log in via your institution

Log in to Taylor & Francis Online

PDF download + Online access

  • 48 hours access to article PDF & online version
  • Article PDF can be downloaded
  • Article PDF can be printed
USD 61.00 Add to cart

Issue Purchase

  • 30 days online access to complete issue
  • Article PDFs can be downloaded
  • Article PDFs can be printed
USD 1,107.00 Add to cart

* Local tax will be added as applicable

Related Research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.