INVESTIGATION OF METAL-CLUSTERS DISPERSED IN STYRENE-CO(ETHYL METHACRYLATE) COPOLYMERS BY MEANS OF HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY

Authors
CARDENAS G SALGADO E VERA V YACAMAN MJ
Citation
G. Cardenas et al., INVESTIGATION OF METAL-CLUSTERS DISPERSED IN STYRENE-CO(ETHYL METHACRYLATE) COPOLYMERS BY MEANS OF HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY, Macromolecular rapid communications, 17(11), 1996, pp. 775-780
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
Macromolecular rapid communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
10221336
Volume
17
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
775 - 780
Database
ISI
SICI code
1022-1336(1996)17:11<775:IOMDIS>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Styrene/ethyl methacrylate (SEMA) colloids were obtained by cocondensa tion at 77 K of the monomers with several metals such as Au, Pd, In an d Sn. The colloids were polymerized with 2,2'-azoisobutyronitrile and dibenzoyl peroxide as radical initiators at 60 degrees C for 3.5 h. A viscosity average molecular weight (10(4) < M(v) < 10(5)) was obtained depending upon the metal used,The particle size of these clusters dis persed in the copolymers ranges from 20 to 31 Angstrom. The metal clus ters are incorporated in the copolymers.