Synthesis of Montmorillonite Amphiphilic Acrylamide-Acrylic Acid Nanogel

In this study montmorillonite amphiphilic acrylamide-acrylic nanogel composite was prepared #the montmorillonite nanogel composite was prepared by efficient dispersion of silane-based closite 30b nanoparticles in the copolymer gel of acrylamide (aam) and acrylic acid (aa) cross-linked with n,n′-methylene bis-acrylamide (mba)# the chemical structure, morphology, and the synthesized nanogel composite were assessed by fourier transform infrared (ftir), field emission scanning electron microscopy (fesem) and eds elemental with map illustrations# the ftir proved the successful surface modification of nanoclay and the existence of other elements in the nanocomposite# the morphological surface of the prepared nanogel was investigated using fesem and the formation of nanoclay/aam/aa nanogel composite was also confirmed with both map distributions and eds results#