Cubic
liquid marbles (LMs) were fabricated by using various epoxy
monomers as internal liquids and millimeter-sized polymer plates as
stabilizers. Successively, cubic polymer particles were synthesized
via solvent-free polyaddition reactions by exposing the cubic LMs
to NH3 vapor used as a curing agent. The effect of the
solubility parameters (SPs) for the epoxy monomers on the formation
of the cubic polymer particles was investigated. As a result, we succeeded
in fabricating cubic polymer particles reflecting the shapes of the
original LMs by using epoxy monomers with SP values of 23.70–21.66
(MPa)1/2. Furthermore, the shapes of the LMs could be controlled
on demand (e.g., pentahedral and rectangular) by control of the number
of polymer plates per LM and/or coalescence of the LMs, resulting
in fabrication of polymer particles with shapes reflecting those of
the LMs.
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