Oil droplet size manipulation applied to surfactant-free emulsion polymerization

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 328, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 44-51

  Francis, M J ^a   Boyson, T K ^a   Pashley, R M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Degassed emulsions; Emulsion polymerization; Particle size manipulation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; FLUID MECHANICS; HEATING; MONOMERS; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CONCENTRATION RATIOS; DEGASSED EMULSIONS; META-STABLE; MONOMER SOLUTIONS; OIL DROPLETS; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; PARTICLE SIZE MANIPULATION; POLYMER SPHERES; SALT CONCENTRATIONS; STABLE DISPERSIONS; SURFACTANT-FREE EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGING;

POLYMERIZATION;

OIL; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; EMULSION; HEAT TREATMENT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH MEASUREMENT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 50049089725     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Pashley R.M., and Karaman M.E. Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry. first ed. (2004), J. Wiley, London
2. Pashley R.M. Effect of degassing on the formation and stability of surfactant-free emulsions and fine teflon dispersions. J. Phys. Chem. B 107 7 (2003) 1714-1720
3. Karaman M.E., Ninham B.W., and Pashley R.M. Effects of dissolved gas on emulsions, emulsion polymerisation and surfactant aggregation. J. Phys. Chem. 100 (1996) 15503-15507
4. Hartmann J., Urbani C., Whittaker M.R., and Monteiro M.J. Effect of degassing on surfactant-free emulsion polymerizations of styrene mediated with RAFT. Macromolecules 39 3 (2006) 904-907
5. Francis M.J., Boyson T.K., and Pashley R.M. Changing the particle size of oil droplets dispersed in water without added surfactants. Colloids Surf. A: Physiochem. Eng. Aspects 316 1-3 (2008) 136-141
6. M.J. Francis, R.M. Pashley, Further studies into oil droplet size manipulation, Colloids Surf. A: Physiochem. Eng. Aspects, submitted for publication.
7. Maeda N., Rosenberg K.J., Israelachvili J.N., and Pashley R.M. Further studies on the effect of degassing on the dispersion and stability of surfactant-free emulsions. Langmuir 20 8 (2004) 3129-3137
8. Brandrup J. Polymer Handbook. fourth ed. 2 (1999), Wiley-Interscience, New York
9. Francis M.J., and Pashley R.M. The effect of de-gassing on the dispersion of fine oil droplets in water. Colloids Surf. A: Physiochem. Eng. Aspects 287 1-3 (2006) 36-43