Synthesis and characterization of novel nanocomposite materials based on poly(styrene-co-butyl methacrylate) copolymers and organomodified clay

Synthesis, characterization and reaction kinetics of PMMA/silver nanocomposites prepared via in situ radical polymerization

“…This may be due to the decreased restricted segmental chain mobility of the PMMA anchored to the particles surface. The interaction of polymer chains and nano-particles surface can alter the chain kinetics by either decreasing or increasing the glass transition temperature of the polymer [21,[23][24][25][26][27]. The decrease of the T g values can be explained in terms of the thin film model.…”

“…In our laboratory we have prepared in the past nanocomposites materials of PMMA with several nano-clays and studied the influence of the nano-filler on the reaction kinetics [23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. As a continuation of this work, here nanocomposite materials of PMMA with silver nano-particles are produced using an in-situ polymerization technique where the reduction of silver takes place during the reaction.…”

An experimental and theoretical study of butyl methacrylatein situradical polymerization kinetics in the presence of graphene oxide nanoadditive

“…The latter technique usually ensures good dispersion of the nanoadditive in the polymer matrix and improved final product properties. The in situ polymerization in the presence of several nanoadditives was also the subject of extensive experimental work by our group …”

Toward the development of a mathematical model for the bulk in situ radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate in the presence of nano‐additives

“…Synthesis and characterization of nanocomposite materials obtained by in situ radical polymerization have been fields of extensive research in recent years . More specifically, the addition of only a small amount of nano‐additive (usually < 0.05 g/g) in the polymerization mixture has a significant impact on the end‐use properties of the produced polymer .…”