Encapsulation of high-aspect-ratio inorganic particles by polymeric materials is still a challenge
armored or dumbbell-like morphologies were frequently the outcome. In this paper, through miniemulsion polymerization, organo-montmorillonite (MMT) platelets have been successfully encapsulated by polystyrene (PS). First, MMT was hydrophobized by cation exchange with a polymerizable interlayer spacer (