Synthesis of monodisperse macroreticular styrene-divinylbenzene gel particles by a single-step swelling and polymerization method

Synthesis of poly(acrylamide‐co‐divinylbenzene) microspheres by precipitation polymerization

“…Polymer microspheres of a particular size and uniformity are generally obtained with one of the heterogeneous polymerizations, including suspension, emulsion, dispersion, seeded, and precipitation polymerizations. Moreover, each polymerization is branched to several subsidiary methods, such as macroemulsion, miniemulsion, microemulsion, and soap-free emulsion polymerizations.Fully crosslinked monodisperse polymer microspheres have unique applications because of their superior strength, thermal and solvent resistance, and antislip properties.7 However, the synthesis of such microspheres is limited to a few techniques, such as seeded polymerization, [8][9][10][11] Shirasu porous glass (SPG) membrane emulsification followed by postpolymerization, 12,13 and precipitation polymerization.14 Precipitation polymerization, in particular, has advantages over the other techniques because crosslinked microspheres can be readily prepared in a single process without any auxiliary apparatus to make the size distribution of the particles narrow. Therefore, homoand copolymerization systems have been thoroughly investigated, including poly(divinylbenzene), 15 poly (methacrylic acid-co-polyethylene oxide methyl ether methacrylate), 16 poly(methacrylate-co-divinylbenzene), 17 poly(chloromethylstyrene-co-divinylbenzene), 18 poly(divinylbenzene-co-maleic anhydride) 19 , poly(methyl methacrylate-co-divinylbenzene)…”

“…7 However, the synthesis of such microspheres is limited to a few techniques, such as seeded polymerization, [8][9][10][11] Shirasu porous glass (SPG) membrane emulsification followed by postpolymerization, 12,13 and precipitation polymerization.…”

Photoactive Gold Nanoparticle Softoxometalates (Som) Using a Keplerate for Synthesis of Polystyrene Latex Microspheres by Photopolymerization

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] They are cheap and are usually made by a diverse range of methodologies, like emulsion polymerization, seeded emulsion polymerization, emulsifier free copolymerization, precipitation polymerization, dispersion polymerization and so on. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] However, owing to their ever increasing demand and drive for greener and cheaper printable electronics and allied applications, there is an increasing demand for greener and faster synthetic methodologies for latexes. Questions arise: is it possible to synthesize Latex Microspheres using a fast, facile and green 'zero-VOC'-synthetic route?…”

Synthesis and Characterization of Luminescent and Hole Transporting Rod-Coil Polymers

“…The molecular weights of synthesized polymers were estimated by gel permination chromatography using a column packed with styrene-divinylbenzene gel beads [14]. THF was used as an eluent and the molecular weight was calibrated using polystyrene standards (Shodex …”