Fine-tuning of functional poly(methylmethacrylate) nanoparticle size at the sub-100nm scale using surfactant-free emulsion polymerization

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 366, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 141-146

  Camli, Sevket Tolga ^a   Buyukserin, Fatih ^a   Yavuz, Mustafa Selman ^a   Budak, Gürer Güven ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross linked; Dynamic light scattering; Functional nanoparticles; Monodisperse; Poly(methylmethacrylate); Surfactant free emulsion polymerization

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; ENERGY GAP; LATEXES; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTONIC BAND GAP; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMERS; REFRACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCATTERING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CROSS-LINKED PMMA; DELIVERY VEHICLE; FUNCTIONAL NANOPARTICLES; ISOTHIOCYANATES; MONODISPERSE; MONODISPERSE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; MONOMER CONCENTRATION; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; PARTICLE CHARACTERIZATION; PARTICLE CHARGE; PHOTONIC BANDGAP MATERIALS; PMMA NANOPARTICLES; RESEARCH AREAS; SEM; SUB-100 NM; SURFACTANT-FREE EMULSION POLYMERIZATION;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

AMIDINE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; NANOPARTICLE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS LINKING; DISPERSION; EMULSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TENSION; TUNING CURVE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 77954387099     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.05.037     Document Type: Article

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