Abstract
Iron oxide (IO)-based composite latex particles with a patchy IO overlayer were successfully prepared by Pickering emulsion polymerization of acrylic monomers and/or styrene using acrylic acid or methacrylic acid as auxiliary comonomers. The ultrasmall IO particles adsorbed at the latex surface and played the role of a solid stabilizer. The influence of the synthesis conditions on the composite particle size, polymerization kinetics, IO incorporation efficiency, and particle morphology was studied. Thermogravimetric analysis indicated that the efficiency of iron oxide incorporation was improved with increasing the suspension pH, the amount of auxiliary comonomer, or the IO content and reached ca. 90% under optimized conditions. Reducing the initial iron oxide concentration at constant monomer concentration led to an increased particle size and a reduced colloid stability, indicating that the magnetic nanoparticles stabilized the colloidal nanocomposites. Transmission electron microscopy studies confirmed ...
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