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Fabrication of composite polymer particles by stabilizer-free seeded polymerization

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This paper reports the fabrication of polymer composite particles through stabilizer-free seeded polymerization. Various monomers were polymerized in the presence of submicron sodium styrene sulfunate-functionalized polystyrene seed particles without using swelling agent, emulsifier, or stabilizer. It was found that stable monodisperse composite particles are obtained even without using any ionic comonomer provided that the used monomer is nonpolar enough to facilitate swelling of the seeds. Utilizing the proposed method, copolymerization of styrene/divinyl benzene was successfully performed, resulting in highly crosslinked composite particles. Interestingly, Janus amphiphilic particles were achieved after the extraction of polystyrene by toluene from the particles. Overall, it is demonstrated that the proposed approach can be adopted as a facile and green process for the fabrication of various composite Janus particles.

Procedure of the fabrication of polymer composite particles and amphiphilic Janus particles

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  1. Department of Polymer Engineering and Color Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology, P.O. Box 15875-4413, Tehran, Iran

    Hossein Adelnia & Jaber Nasrollah Gavgani

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, P.O. Box 15875-4413, Tehran, Iran

    Jaber Nasrollah Gavgani

  3. Tissue Engineering and Microfluidics Laboratory, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4067, Australia

    Mohammad Soheilmoghaddam

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Adelnia, H., Gavgani, J.N. & Soheilmoghaddam, M. Fabrication of composite polymer particles by stabilizer-free seeded polymerization. Colloid Polym Sci 293, 2445–2450 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-015-3675-8

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