| Abstract: | Polymer modifications of ultrafine monodispersed colloidal metal oxide particles, smaller than 80 nm in diameter, by the graft-polymerization of styrene to a hydrophilic macromer adsorbed on the surface were investigated. The polymerization in ethanolic silica and titania colloid solution, which had negatively larger ζ-potentials, ?30 and ?42 mV in neutral aqueous solution respectively, gave poly(styrene)–silica or titania composite, being of nonspherical shape. The modifications of colloidal particles, having lower surface energy, such as Al(OH)3 and CeO2–TiO2–SiO2 complex, led to the formation of spherical composites, ranging in size from 500 to 3000 nm, of scattered metal oxide or hydroxide particles. |
