The work presented in this thesis focuses on the preparation of new polystyrene-clay nanocomposites using fluorinated polymerizable cationic surfactants as modifiers. Reference systems have also been proposed using conventional surfactants of similar structure than surfmers. The main objective is to highlight the role of the polymerizable group and the fluorine atoms on the structure and the properties of the obtained nanocomposites. The surface properties of surfactants were studied in terms of CMC, surface tensions and Gibbs enthalpies of micellization to evaluate the solution behavior of these surfactants. These surfactants were subsequently used to modify a sodium montmorillonite via cation exchange process. The resultant organoclays were characterized by IR, TGA and XRD analysis. XRD data are in favor of an alignment of the majority of fluorinated surfmers to form a bilayer structure while conventional surfactants tend to form a pseudotrimolecular layer. Determination of surfmer reactivity ratios by NMR was used to predict the behavior of these derivatives in radical copolymerization with styrene. Preparation of polystyrene-clay nanocomposite containing various amounts of organoclays from 1 to 15 wt% by radical polymerization process in bulk or solution, showed the positive effect of the introduction of fluorinated chain and polymerizable functional group on thermal stability of nanocomposites. Exfoliated morphologies were obtained for the majority of the fluorinated nanocomposite. A structure-surface and thermal properties relationship was established on the basis of TGA, XRD and TEM / SEM analysis.
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