Abstract

‘Living’/controlled radical graft polymerisation via the atom transfer radical polymerisation (ATRP) route has been carried out from ATRP initiator-modified layered silicate. The grafted polymer chains were detached from the solid in order to prove the well-known ATRP features. X-Ray diffraction measurements at different times of conversion demonstrate an increase of delamination as a result of increasing chain length of the grafts which finally results in a fully dispersed polymer silicate nanocomposite.