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Particle monolayer formation at the air–water interface by polymer‐grafted colloidal silica was investigated. Methyl methacrylate (MMA) was polymerized from initiative bromide groups at colloidal silica surface by atom transfer radical polymerization. We obtained polymer‐grafted silica particle (SiO~2~‐PMMA) with relative narrow polydispersity of PMMA. For the polymer‐grafted particle with high graft density, particle monolayer formation was confirmed by π‐A isotherm measurement and SEM observation. Interparticle distance was controllable by surface pressure. Furthermore, grafted polymer chains were suggested to be fairly extended at the air–water interface. However, for the polymer‐grafted particle with low graft density, monolayer structure on substrate showed aggregation and voids. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 2789–2797, 2006
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