Emulsification of particle loaded droplets with regard to miniemulsion polymerization

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 206-216

  Hecht, Lena L ^a   Merkel, Tobias ^a   Schoth, Alexander ^b   Wagner, Caroline ^b   Köhler, Karsten ^a   Muñoz Espí, Rafael ^b   Landfester, Katharina ^b   Schuchmann, Heike P ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disruption; Droplet break up; Emulsification; Hybrid particles; Miniemulsion polymerization; Surfactant concentration

Indexed keywords

DISRUPTION; DROPLET BREAKUP; HYBRID PARTICLES; MINI-EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; EMULSIFICATION; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERIZATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 84879777019     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.05.092     Document Type: Article

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