The dispersibility and stabilization of silica nanoparticles with surface-capped poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc) chains are examined in carbon dioxide with four different cosolvents. Three surface coverages of silica-PVAc were formed by using different weight ratios of the silica and PVAc. The dispersibilities of three silica-PVAc nanoparticles in CO with the four cosolvents were tested in a rotatable high-pressure variable-volume view cell. The effects of surface coverage, cosolvent type, pressure, and particle concentration on dispersion were investigated. Results show that, in the experimental pressure range (5.5 to 20 MPa), the pressure has no significant effect on the dispersion of nanoparticles, and the cosolvent is the key factor in dispersing silica-PVAc particles in CO. 1-Butanol is an adequate cosolvent to disperse silica-PVAc in CO with any coverage of PVAc on the surface of the particles when the concentration of particles is smaller than 0.31 wt %. Ethanol can only improve the dispersibility of particles with a high surface coverage of PVAc when the concentration of particles is smaller than 0.14 wt %. 1-Hexanol and ethyl acetate cannot disperse the particles in CO with any coverage of PVAc. Molecular dynamics simulations were carried out to study the nanoparticle-CO-cosolvent dispersions. Results suggest that 1-butanol has a good solubility in the CO condensed phase and can effectively absorb onto the nanoparticle surface, which help to prevent the formation of nanoparticle aggregation. The precipitation of nanoparticles in the nanoparticle/1-hexanol/CO and nanoparticle/ethyl acetate/CO systems is attributed to the relatively low solubility of CO in 1-hexanol and ethyl acetate. The precipitation of nanoparticles in the nanoparticle/ethanol/CO system is the result of less hindrance of ethanol molecules to the aggregation of nanoparticles.

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