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One‐Pot Fabrication of Supramolecular Polymer Particles via Situ Polymerization Stringed Assembly of a Two‐Monomer Microemulsion
Author(s) -
Wang Yongxin,
Qiu Zhaobin,
Yang Wantai
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/marc.200500765
Subject(s) - microemulsion , photopolymer , polyvinylpyrrolidone , materials science , methyl methacrylate , polymerization , monomer , nanoparticle , polymer , poly(methyl methacrylate) , methacrylate , polymer chemistry , chemical engineering , supramolecular chemistry , in situ polymerization , nanotechnology , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , crystal structure , pulmonary surfactant , engineering
Summary: A novel method, situ polymerization stringed assembly (SPSA), is proposed to prepare stable solid or hollow supramolecular polymer particles, which are assembled by numerous nanoparticles. By this method, the fabrication of primary nanoparticles (poly(methyl methacrylate), PMMA), the linkers (polyvinylpyrrolidone, PVP, chains) between the nanoparticles, and the final assembled solid or hollow particles could be achieved in just one‐pot by methyl methacrylate (MMA)/ N ‐vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) microemulsion polymerization under UV irradiation. The structures of the supramolecular particles can be changed from solid to hollow by tuning the mass ratio of MMA/NVP in the microemulsion. AFM, TEM, and SEM experiments are performed to identify the results.AFM image of the PMMA/PVP solid particles obtained from the photopolymerization of the microemulsion containing 20 wt.‐% MMA, 10 wt.‐% NVP, and 5 × 10 −2 wt.‐% BP.