Beneficial Effect of Nanoclay in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Ethyl Acrylate:  A One Pot Preparation of Tailor-Made Polymer Nanocomposite

2008 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haimanti Datta ◽  
Nikhil K. Singha ◽  
Anil K. Bhowmick
2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 5858-5863
Author(s):  
F. J. Xu ◽  
J. Li ◽  
F. Su ◽  
X. S. Zhao ◽  
E. T. Kang ◽  
...  

A simple one-pot process was developed for the covalent immobilization of atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) initiators with quaternized triethylamine moieties on the carboxyl-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs). The initiator-coupled MWCNTs exhibited good dispersion in water and could be used directly to prepare water-dispersion of polymer-MWCNT hybrids, such as stimuli-responsive poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide)-MWCNT hybrids, via surface-initiated ATRP of N-isopropylacrylamide in an aqueous medium. The present one-pot synthesis of the ATRP initiator-immobilized MWCNTs with good dispersion in water provides an alternative route to the direct preparation of water-soluble polymer-MWCNT hybrids in aqueous media.


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