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Thermoresponsive colloidal particles were prepared by seeded precipitation polymerization of N -isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM) in the presence of a crosslinking monomer, N , N -methylenebisacrylamide (MBA), using polystyrene latex particles (ca. 50 nm in diameter) as seeds in aqueous dispersion. Phase transitions of the prepared poly( N -isopropylacrylamide), PNIPAM, shells on polystyrene cores were studied in comparison to colloidal PNIPAM microgel particles, in H 2 O and/or in D 2 O by dynamic light scattering, microcalorimetry and by 1 H NMR spectroscopy including the measurements of spin-lattice (T1) and spin-spin (T2) relaxation times for the protons of PNIPAM. As expected, the seed particles grew in hydrodynamic size during the crosslinking polymerization of NIPAM, and a larger NIPAM to seed mass ratio in the polymerization batch led to a larger increase of particle size indicating a product coated with a thicker PNIPAM shell. Broader microcalorimetric endotherms of dehydration were observed for crosslinked PNIPAM on the solid cores compared to the PNIPAM microgels and also an increase of the transition temperature was observed. The calorimetric results were complemented by the NMR spectroscopy data of the 1 H-signal intensities upon heating in D 2 O, showing that the phase transition of crosslinked PNIPAM on polystyrene core shifts towards higher temperatures when compared to the microgels, and also that the temperature range of the transition is broader.

Polystyrene latex particles coated with crosslinked poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)