Synthesis of Nanosized (<20 nm) Polymer Particles by Radical Polymerization in Miniemulsion Employing in situ Surfactant Formation
✍ Scribed by Yi Guo; Per B. Zetterlund
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 405 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1022-1336
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A novel method for synthesis of ultrafine polymeric nanoparticles of diameters less than 20 nm has been developed. The method is based on miniemulsion polymerization exploiting combination of the in situ surfactant generation approach (whereby the surfactant is formed at the oil–water interface by reaction between an organic acid and a base) and ultrasonication. Conventional radical polymerization and nitroxide‐mediated radical polymerization of styrene have been conducted in miniemulsion using oleic acid/potassium hydroxide, demonstrating that particles with diameters less than 20 nm can be obtained by this approach at surfactant contents much lower than traditionally required in microemulsion polymerizations.
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