Synthesis of HCN-like poly(methyl methacrylate)/polystyrene/silica colloidal molecules

Isabelle Chaduc (1) , Julien Parvole (1) , Etienne Duguet (2) , Serge Ravaine (3) , Muriel Lansalot (1) , Elodie Bourgeat-Lami (1)

1 C2P2 - Laboratoire de Chimie, Catalyse, Polymères et Procédés, R 5265
2 ICMCB - Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux
3 CRPP - Centre de recherches Paul Pascal

This communication reports about the feasibility of preparing triphasic clusters made of the combination of silica, polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate) nanoparticles. Silica-polystyrene dimers were used as seeds in methyl methacrylate emulsion polymerisation. The competition between silica surface nucleation and swelling/phase separation phenomena from the polystyrene nodule is discussed.

Mots clés: Silica colloidal molecules

Domaines: Matériaux; Science des matériaux [cond-mat.mtrl-sci]

Isabelle Chaduc, Julien Parvole, Etienne Duguet, Serge Ravaine, Muriel Lansalot, et al.. Synthesis of HCN-like poly(methyl methacrylate)/polystyrene/silica colloidal molecules. Polymer Chemistry, 2012, 3 (12), pp. 3232-3234. ⟨10.1039/c2py20574b⟩. ⟨hal-00749422⟩