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Preparation of narrow‐dispersion or monodisperse polymer microspheres with active hydroxyl group by distillation–precipitation polymerization
Author(s) -
Bai Feng,
Li Rui,
Yang Xinlin,
Li Shuning,
Huang Wenqiang
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.1963
Subject(s) - precipitation polymerization , dispersion polymerization , dispersity , polymerization , polymer chemistry , polymer , materials science , divinylbenzene , chemical engineering , radical polymerization , chemistry , organic chemistry , styrene , copolymer , engineering
Narrow‐dispersion or monodisperse polymer microspheres with active hydroxyl groups were prepared by distillation–precipitation polymerization in the absence of any stabilizer. The monomer hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) was copolymerized with either commercial divinylbenzene (DVB) (containing 80 % of DVB isomers) or ethyleneglycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as crosslinker by distillation–precipitation polymerization technique with 2,2′‐azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as initiator in neat acetonitrile. The effects of the crosslinker and the crosslinking degree on the morphology and the loading of the active hydroxyl group of the resultant microspheres were investigated. The agitation caused by distilling off a portion of the polymerization solvent during the polymerization avoided coagulation and resulted in the narrow‐dispersion or monodisperse polymer microspheres for the distillation precipitation technique. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry