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Preparation of monodisperse ellipsoidal polystyrene particles

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A method is described for the preparation of monodisperse ellipsoidal particles of polystyrene in the colloidal size range. Monodisperse polystyrene particles were dispersed in a solution of polyvinyl alcohol. This dispersion was then allowed to form, by evaporation, a thin film of polyvinyl alcohol containing spherical polystyrene particles. Strips of this film were clamped into a metal frame, heated rapidly in an oil bath to 200°C and stretched to a predetermined extent in order to convert the spherical particles into ellipsoids; the film was then cooled. A wide range of axial ratios for a variety of initial particle sizes was obtained by this method.

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  1. R. H. Ottewill

    Present address: School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, BS8 1TS, Bristol, UK

  2. C. C. Ho

    Present address: Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya, 59100, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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  1. School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, BS8 1TS, Bristol, UK

    C. C. Ho

  2. H.H. wills Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol, UK

    A. Keller & J. A. Odell

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Ho, C.C., Keller, A., Odell, J.A. et al. Preparation of monodisperse ellipsoidal polystyrene particles. Colloid Polym Sci 271, 469–479 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00657391

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