Journal
POLYMER
Volume 54, Issue 21, Pages 5499-5510Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2013.08.027
Keywords
Microgel; Precipitation polymerization; Surfactant
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- DFG [840]
- Verband der Chemischen Industrie through the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
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Size control is one of the most important tasks in colloid synthesis. In the present work, the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and the cationic surfactant cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) were used to precisely control the size of poly-N-isopropylmethacrylamide [poly-(NIPMAM)I microgels prepared by precipitation polymerization. For each surfactant the concentration was varied over a broad range below the critical micelle concentration (cmc). The resulting particle size, size distribution, and shape were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) was employed to analyze the volume phase transition behavior of the microgels. We show that for both surfactants a decrease in particle size is achieved for increasing surfactant concentrations while the swelling properties of the microgels are nearly unaffected. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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