A novel approach for preparation of micrometer-sized, monodisperse dimple and hemispherical polystyrene particles

Micrometer-sized, monodisperse dimple and hemispherical polystyrene (PS) particles were successfully prepared by heating (55-70 degrees C) of spherical PS particles dispersed in methanol/water media (40/60 to 80/20, w/w) in the presence of decane droplets, and subsequent cooling down to room tempera...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 26(2010), 6 vom: 16. März, Seite 3848-53
1. Verfasser: Tanaka, Takuya (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Komatsu, Yoshifumi, Fujibayashi, Teruhisa, Minami, Hideto, Okubo, Masayoshi
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2010
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:Micrometer-sized, monodisperse dimple and hemispherical polystyrene (PS) particles were successfully prepared by heating (55-70 degrees C) of spherical PS particles dispersed in methanol/water media (40/60 to 80/20, w/w) in the presence of decane droplets, and subsequent cooling down to room temperature. Decane was absorbed by the PS particles during the heating process. Decane-absorbed PS particles phase-separated into PS and decane phases in the inside during the cooling process, and eventually dimple and/or hemispherical particles were formed by removal of the decane phase from phase-separated PS/decane particles by evaporation. The size of the dimple, which is determined by the volume of decane phase-separated from decane-absorbed PS particles during the cooling process, increased with increases in the heating temperature and the methanol content
Beschreibung:Date Completed 01.06.2010
Date Revised 10.03.2010
published: Print
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la903309t