Miniemulsion polymerized titania/polystyrene core-shell nanocomposite particles based on nanotitania powder: Morphology, composition and suspension rheology

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 411, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-49

  Gao, Yang ^a   Song, Yihu ^a   Zheng, Qiang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Core shell nanocomposite; Miniemulsion polymerization; Polystyrene; Rheology; Titania

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; EMULSIFICATION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSTYRENES; RHEOLOGY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STYRENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CORE-SHELL NANOCOMPOSITE PARTICLES; CORE-SHELL NANOCOMPOSITES; CROSSLINKED STRUCTURES; DISPERSIBILITIES; MINI-EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; MINIEMULSIONS; NANO-COMPOSITE PARTICLE; NANO-TITANIA; PARTICLE LOADING; REACTION TEMPERATURE; SIZE AND SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; SUSPENSION RHEOLOGY; TITANIA; VISCOSITY INCREASE; VISCOSITY REDUCTION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYSTYRENE; STYRENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMULSION; FLOW KINETICS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; POWDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84865062613     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.06.043     Document Type: Article

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