Chemistry Letters, Vol.32, No.12, 1134-1135, 2003
Fabrication of silica/polystyrene nanocomposite microspheres by gamma-ray irradiation
Nanocomposite monodisperse polystyrene microspheres (ca. 90 nm) containing homogeneously dispersed silica nanoparticles (ca. 6 nm) have been successfully produced by combining happily the techniques of microemulsion, emulsion and gamma-ray irradiation. The product was characterized with TEM, FTIR, and TGA. A possible formation mechanism of the nanocomposite was proposed.