Polymer encapsulated gibbsite nanoparticles: Efficient preparation of anisotropic composite latex particles by RAFT-based starved feed emulsion polymerization

Langmuir

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 10523-10533

  Ali, Syed Imran ^a   Heuts, Johan P A ^a   Hawkett, Brian S ^b   Van Herk, Alex M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACIDS; ANISOTROPIC COMPOSITES; ANISOTROPIC POLYMERS; BUTYL ACRYLATES; COMPOSITE LATEX; CRYO-TEM; ENCAPSULATION EFFICIENCY; FEED COMPOSITIONS; GIBBSITE PLATELETS; GIBBSITES; HYDROPHILIC LIPOPHILIC BALANCE; INORGANIC COMPOSITES; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; POLYMERIC SHELL; RAFT AGENTS; TRITHIOCARBONATE;

ANISOTROPY; BLOOD SUBSTITUTES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; ENCAPSULATION; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLATELETS; POLYMERS;

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EID: 70349932975     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la9012697     Document Type: Article

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