Incorporating Cellulose Nanocrystals into the Core of Polymer Latex Particles via Polymer Grafting

ACS Macro Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 990-996

  Kedzior, Stephanie A ^a   Kiriakou, Michael ^a   Niinivaara, Elina ^a   Dubé, Marc A ^b   Fraschini, Carole ^c   Berry, Richard M ^d   Cranston, Emily D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; CELLULOSE; ESTERS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LATEXES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYMERIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANISOTROPIC NANOPARTICLES; CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNCS); HYDROPHOBIC POLYMERS; MINI-EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; NANOCOMPOSITE LATEXES; POLYMER LATEX PARTICLES; SURFACE INITIATED-ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES;

CELLULOSE; COPOLYMERIZATION; ESTERS; FREE RADICALS; REACTION MECHANISMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER REPELLENCE;

EID: 85052147921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21611653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00334     Document Type: Article

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