Organic/inorganic hybrids by living'/controlled ATRP grafting from layered silicates

'Living'/controlled radical graft polymerization via the atom transfer radical polymerization (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.