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Biphasic polymer latexes were synthesized by a seeded swelling and polymerization method. The latexes were composed of a poly(butyl methacrylate) core and a poly(ethylene oxide) rich shell cross-linked with poly(ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)–poly(ethylene oxide) triblock diol diacrylate macro-cross-linker. Nanostructured films were obtained by annealing the biphasic polymer latexes at a temperature between the glass-transition temperatures of the core latex and the cross-linked poly(ethylene oxide) based shell. Atomic force microscope images of the latex film revealed that the poly(butyl methacrylate) core phase is confined in the poly(ethylene oxide)-rich continuous phase with the form of separate nanosized spheres.
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Park, SW., Kim, JW., Jun, JB. et al. Nanostructured latex films from poly(butyl methacrylate) latex cross-linked with poly(ethylene oxide)–poly(propylene oxide)–poly(ethylene oxide) triblock macro-cross-linker. Colloid Polym Sci 280, 963–967 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-002-0706-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-002-0706-z