INFLUENCE OF THE SWELLING STATE OF SEED POLYMER PARTICLES WITH MONOMER ON THE MORPHOLOGY OF MICRON-SIZED MONODISPERSED COMPOSITE POLYMER PARTICLES PRODUCED BY SEEDED POLYMERIZATION UTILIZING THE DYNAMIC SWELLING METHOD

摘要

Micron-sized monodispersed polystyrene (PS)/poly(n-butyl methacrylate) (PBMA) composite particles (PS/PBMA=2/1 by weight) having a heterogeneous structure in which many fine PBMA domains dispersed in a PS matrix near the particle surface were produced by seeded polymerization of n-butyl methacrylate (BMA) of which almost all had been absorbed by 1.8 mu m-sized monodispersed PS seed particles utilizing the dynamic swelling method. The morphology was varied by changing the PS/BMA ratio and polymerization temperature, It was concluded that the swelling state of 2 mu m-sized BMA-swollen PS particles in the seeded polymerization process is one of the important factors to control the morphology of the composite particles. [References: 13]