Abstract
A series of polystyrene (PS) nanoparticles were prepared by grafting polystyrene from both aggregated silica and colloidally dispersed silica nanoparticles using atom-transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP). Cross-linking and macroscopic gelation were minimised by using a miniemulsion system. The thermal and mechanical behaviour of the nanocomposites have been examined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1325-1329 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | International Journal of Chemical, Molecular, Nuclear, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |