Fabrication, characterization, and supercooling suppression of nanoencapsulated n-octadecane with methyl methacrylate-octadecyl methacrylate copolymer shell

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 291, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1705-1712

  Tang, Xiaofen ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Shi, Haifeng ^a   Wang, Xuechen ^a   Wang, Jianping ^a   Zhang, Xingxiang ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Comb like copolymer; Nanocapsule; Phase change material; Side chain; Supercooling suppression

Indexed keywords

COMB-LIKE COPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLIZATION TEMPERATURE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MINI-EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; SIDE-CHAINS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESTERS; FABRICATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCAPSULES; OSTWALD RIPENING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SUPERCOOLING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

COPOLYMER; DECANE; METHYL METHACRYLATE OCTADECYL METHACRYLATE COPOLYMER; NANOCAPSULE; OCTADECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOENCAPSULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERCOOLING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84879417153     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-013-2905-1     Document Type: Article

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