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Borderline Particles: Approaching the Limit between Colloidal Stability and Instability during Heterophase Polymerization
Author(s) -
Yu Ran,
Peh Eddie,
Mavliutova Liliia,
Weber Nancy,
Tauer Klaus
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/macp.201500441
Subject(s) - copolymer , polymer chemistry , colloid , polymer , materials science , polymerization , nanometre , suspension (topology) , micrometer , chemical engineering , covalent bond , nanotechnology , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , physics , mathematics , engineering , optics , homotopy , pure mathematics
Multiple suspension particles — a new morphology of polymer particles — are generated on the verge of colloidal stability in the course of redox‐initiated aqueous heterophase copolymerization. These particles consist of block copolymers which are arranged in the form of a micrometer‐sized poly( N ‐isopropylacrylamide) physical network as scaffold containing nanometer‐sized particles of hydrophobic polymers covalently attached.