Authors: Baiyu Li Yinping Wang Xiaobin Niu Zaiman Liu
Publish Date: 2014/01/03
Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-129
Abstract
A kind of fibrous clay palygorskite PAL was used as the sole stabilizer in suspension polymerization without the using of any other stabilizer usually used especially polymeric stabilizers In order to improve the compatibility with the organic monomer PAL nano fibers were organically modified with silane coupling agent methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane MPS Transmission electron microscopy TEM and Fouriertransform infrared FTIR spectroscopy results show that the hydrolyzed MPS was attached onto PAL surface through SiOSi bonds formation without morphology change of PAL At a loading amount of PAL to monomer as low as 036 wt effective stabilization could be achieved After suspension polymerization spherical polymethyl methacrylate PMMA particles were obtained Scanning electron microscopy SEM analysis on both the outer surface and the inner cracked surface of the spherical PMMA particles indicates that the PAL particles reside on the surface of the PMMA spheres The densely stacked PAL together with attached silane coupling agent stabilized the droplets throughout the suspension polymerization
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