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In order to clarify the formation mechanism of multihollow structures inside styrene–methacrylic acid copolymer particles prepared by the stepwise alkali/acid method, which we proposed in 1990, the evaporation behavior of water from aqueous dispersions of the original carboxylated particles and those after the alkali treatment and the stepwise alkali/acid treatments was examined. It is concluded that the particle after the alkali treatment had a number of small water pools inside.
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Received: 22 February 2001 Accepted: 20 June 2001
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Okubo, M., Sakauchi, A. & Okada, M. Evaporation behavior of water from aqueous dispersions of multihollow particles prepared by the stepwise alkali/acid method. Colloid Polym Sci 280, 38–45 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003960200005
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003960200005