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| Title: |
On the Stability of Liquid Nanodroplets in Polymerizable Miniemulsions |
| Author: |
Landfester, Katharina |
| Appeared in: |
Journal of dispersion science and technology |
| Paging: | Volume 23 (2002) nr. 1-3 pages 167-173 |
| Year: |
2002 |
| Contents: |
Liquid nanodroplets within a size range of 50 to 500 nm can easily be prepared by shearing a system containing oil, water and a surfactant. The growth of the nanodroplets can effectively be suppressed by using a strong hydrophobe as an additivie to the oil and an effective surfactant. The hydrophobe acts as an osmotic agent which stabilizes the system against Ostwald ripening. The growth of the droplets by collision is controlled by the density of the surfactant layer. Freshly prepared miniemulsions are “critically stabilized” and show a slow, but pronounced growth, whereas a miniemulsion in “equilibrium” exhibits constant droplet size on longer time scales. Polymerization of the oil droplets of such miniemulsions turns out to be very promising and extends the possibilities of classical emulsion polymerization. Since each droplet can be considered a small reactor in which polymerization reactions take place, the process allows one to create new particle structures, e.g. polyaddition reactions can take advantage of unusual monomers, the incorporation of materials which are not soluble in the continuous phase, and the formation of nanocapsules. |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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