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A novel approach for preparation of “cage-like” multihollow polymer microspheres through sulfonated polystyrene particles

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A new and effective process has been developed for fabrication of novel cage-like multihollow polymer particles by using sulfonated polystyrene (SP) particles as the templates, with heptane as the phase separation agent, in an ethanol/water medium. The ratio of water/ethanol and the heating temperature play important roles in the formation of these multihollow particles. It was found that the cage-like polymer particles could be obtained when the ratio of ethanol/water is 5:5 (w/w), with a temperature above 50 °C. After a detailed study, the formation mechanism was proposed based on an SP swollen (ethanol and heptane penetrating process) and phase separation process. This new method for fabricating the cage-like multihollow polymer particles has a great meaning not only on confirming the formation mechanism, but also on providing an effective way to prepare the special hollow core/porous shell polymer particles, which could have wide range of potential applications, such as catalysts, sensors, and drug release.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 51073146, 51103143, 51103039, and 51173175) and Program for Outstanding Young Teachers of ECUST (no. YK0157134).

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  1. Institute of Nuclear Technology and Application, School of Science, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, People’s Republic of China

    Xueping Ge, Bin Fang, Zhi Li & Cunzhong Yang

  2. CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, People’s Republic of China

    Xuewu Ge, Mozhen Wang & Huarong Liu

  3. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong, 252000, People’s Republic of China

    Guang Li

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Ge, X., Ge, X., Wang, M. et al. A novel approach for preparation of “cage-like” multihollow polymer microspheres through sulfonated polystyrene particles. Colloid Polym Sci 290, 1749–1757 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-012-2709-8

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