Model filled polymers. IX. Synthesis of uniformly crosslinked polystyrene microbeads

Autor: Shenmin Ma, Zheng-You Ding, Ronald Salovey, Dennis Kriz, J. J. Aklonis
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics. 30:1189-1194
ISSN: 1099-0488
0887-6266
DOI: 10.1002/polb.1992.090301102
Popis: Monodisperse sized crosslinked polystyrene (PS) beads prepared by reaction of styrene (S) and divinylbenzene (DVB), in batch emulsion copolymerization in the absence of emulsifiers, are not uniformly crosslinked, because DVB is more reactive than S. For copolymerization of 1 to 10 mol % DVB and S, within each crosslinked PS microbead, the crosslink density varies by a factor exceeding two and decreases with increased conversion. A semicontinuous copolymerization, involving incremental additions of DVB, produces uniformly crosslinked PS beads. For both copolymerization techniques, Tg correlates well with crosslink density and PS beads are spherical and monodisperse in size. © 1992 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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