Polymer-MMT Composite Latexes

Although both natural and synthetic aluminosilicates have been reported to be elfective free radical initiators for the aqueous polymerization of vinylic 

1 Polymer Latexes Synthesized in the Presence of Pristine MMT Platelets 

Early Polymer-MMT Nanocomposite Syntheses. The first papers on poly-mer-MMT nanocomposite syntheses through emulsion polymerization were published in the 1990s by Lee and co-workersand involved pristine clays. Intercalated nanocomposites based on bentonite (which consists of 70 wt% 

MMT) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polystyrene (PS) or styr- 

Dependence of (B) mechanical, (C) thermal and (D) permeation properties on clay loading. Adapted from reference 22 with 1 permission of Wiley.  

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