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MACROMOLECULAR RAPID COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 26, Issue 23, Pages 1860-1865Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/marc.200500518
Keywords
encapsulation; interfacial polycondensation; miniemulsion; nanocomposites; polyamides; silica
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A new method for the encapsulation of inorganic charges by an organic polymer by a reactive double emulsification process is proposed. This work is especially novel since it is highly unusual to encounter polymerization reactions in such a double emulsification process. Silica was first synthesized in cyclohexane using a sol-gel process in an inverse microemulsion in the presence of a non-ionic surfactant (nonylphenyl ether polyoxyethylene), tetraethoxysilane, and concentrated ammonia. The coupling agent, 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane, was then grafted onto the surface of the silica nanoparticles. In a third step, direct miniemulsions were prepared from the microemulsion containing the functionalized silica nanoparticles. The miniemulsions were prepared using sodium dodecylsulfate as the surfactant and cetyl alcohol as the costabilizer. Finally, an interfacial polycondensation occurred between a diamine added to the external phase and sebacoyl chloride in solution in the dispersed phase. The formation of polyamide latexes was proven using infrared spectroscopy, and observation of the nanocomposites by transmission electron microscopy showed mean diameters of 100 nm.
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