Semicontinuous monomer-starved emulsion polymerization as a means to produce nanolatexes: Analysis of nucleation stage

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5650-5658

  Chen, Yan ^a   Jahanzad, Fatemeh ^b   Sajjadi, Shahriar ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; MONOMER ADDITION; NUCLEATION STAGES; PARTICLE GROWTH; PARTICLE NUCLEATION; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; WEIGHT-AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOMERS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; STYRENE;

NUCLEATION;

NANOMATERIAL; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EMULSION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

EMULSIONS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSTYRENES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84877771853     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la4000654     Document Type: Article

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