Effect of Anionic Surfactants in Synthesizing Silicone Dioxide/Styrene Core-Shell Polymer
The core-shell composite particles of inorganic/organic were polymerized by using styrene(St) as a shell monomer and potassium persulfate (KPS) as an initiator. We studied the effect of core-shell structure of silicone dioxide/styrene in the presence of an anionic surfactant sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and polyoxyethylene alky lether sulfate (EU-S133D). We found that when SiO2 core/PSt shell polymerization was prepared on the surface SiO2 particle, to minimize the coagulation during the shell polymerization, the optimum conditions were at concentration of 2.56×10-2mole/L SLS. The structure of core-shell polymer was confirmed by measuring the thermal decomposition of polymer composite using thermogravimetric analyzer and morphology of core-shell polymer particles by transmission electron microscope (TEM).