Abstract
Monodisperse ultrafine polystyrene nanoparticles have been successfully prepared under low levels of surfactant through a novel semicontinuous microemulsion polymerization, in which the first part of monomer (Sti) is added dropwise while the subsequent supply to the polymerizing system is delivered in one potion. Polystyrene nanoparticles with number-average diameter of 17.4 nm and polydispersity index of 1.06 were obtained using low level of surfactant/monomer weight ratio of 0.20. Influencing of parameters including amount of St 1 , solid content, initiator, reaction temperature, and cosurfactant on the resultant particle size and size distribution were investigated. The mechanism of nucleation and particle growth was discussed as well.
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