Abstract: Numerous synthesis routes toward nanostructured polymer particles have emerged, but few examples demonstrate the essential need for such complex particle structures to achieve any added benefit in a target application. Here, polymer particles having Laponite clay armor were prepared by the Pickering miniemulsion polymerization of n-lauryl acrylate. The resulting “soft–hard” poly(lauryl acrylate) (PLA)–Laponite hybrid particles were blended at various low concentrations with a standard poly(butyl acrylate-co-acrylic acid) (PBA) latex for...
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Composite material
Chemical engineering
Polymer chemistry