Silica nanowires obtained on clay mineral layers and their influence on mini-emulsion polymerisation

Applied Clay Science

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 232-242

  Corobea, Mihai Cosmin ^a   Capek, Ignac ^b   Ianchis, Raluca ^a   Donescu, Dan ^a   Somoghi, Raluca ^a   Ghiurea, Marius ^a   Nistor, Cristina Lavinia ^a,c   Purcar, Violeta ^a   Cinteza, Ludmila Otilia ^d   Radovici, Constantin ^a   Prodan, Gabriel ^e  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY AND PETROCHEMISTRY ICECHIM   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^e OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Alkoxysilane; Butylacrylate; Clay mineral; Mini emulsion polymerisation; Nanocomposites; Nanowires

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; FREE RADICALS; GROWTH KINETICS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOWIRES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; SILICA; SILICON; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

ALKOXYSILANES; BUTYLACRYLATE; CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSORS; MONOMER CONVERSIONS; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; SEGMENTAL MOBILITY; TETRA-ETHYL-ORTHO-SILICATE;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLAY MINERAL; EMULSION; EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMER; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84902119544     PISSN: 01691317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clay.2014.04.017     Document Type: Article

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