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A Facile Route to Synthesize Highly Uniform Nanocapsules: Use of Amphiphilic Poly(acrylic acid)-block-polystyrene RAFT Agents to Interfacially Confine Miniemulsion Polymerization

✍ Scribed by Fujun Lu; Yingwu Luo; Bogeng Li


Book ID
102494484
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
236 KB
Volume
28
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1336

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Abstract

Miniemulsion polymerization with an amphiphilic poly(acrylic acid)‐block‐polystyrene reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer agent as a surfactant and polymerization mediator is used to synthesize highly uniform nanocapsules. The nanocapsules with uniform structures, which include particle size, shell thickness, and shape symmetry, could be achieved by the post‐addition of a small amount of sodium dodecyl sulfate. Although the solid particles seem unavoidable, the ‘pure’ uniform core–shell structures are easily collected by centrifugation.

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