Dispersion of liquid–liquid systems is commonly applied in industrial processes such as extraction, suspension, and emulsion polymerization. This article describes the influence of the quality of emulsification on the course and outcome of a batch-emulsion polymerization of styrene and vinyl acetate. From visualization experiments and polymerizations in combination with reaction calorimetric st...

In this review, the preparation of porous copolymer resin (PCR) materials via suspension polymerization with variable properties are described by tuning the polymerization reaction, using solvents which act as porogens, to yield microporous, mesoporous, and macroporous materials. The porogenic properties of solvents are related to traditional solubility parameters which yield significant change...

Investigation of particle nucleation in surfactant-free emulsion polymerization styrene using Laponite clay as Pickering stabilizer is considered. The effective number platelets contributing to the surface charge polymer particles calculated, and used estimate their stabilizing efficiency. A coagulative mechanism proposed coagulation coefficient calculated Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek theor...

Poly(vinyl chloride) resins are produced by four basic processes: suspension, emulsion, bulk and solution polymerization. PVC suspensions resins are usually relatively dust-free and granular with varying degrees of particle porosity. PVC emulsion resins are small particle powders containing very little free monomer. Bulk PVC resins are similar to suspension PVC resins, though the particles tend...

The disulfide-based cyclic monomer, 3-methylidene-1,9-dioxa-5,12,13-trithiacyclopentadecane-2,8-dione (MTC), is statistically copolymerized with 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate to form a range of diblock copolymer nano-objects via reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. Poly(glycerol monomethacrylate) (PGMA) is employed as the hydrophilic stabilizer block in this aq...

The releasable factor adenosine blocks the formation of long-term potentiation (LTP). These experiments used this observation to uncover the synaptic processes that stabilize the potentiation effect. Brief adenosine infusion blocked stimulation-induced actin polymerization within dendritic spines along with LTP itself in control rat hippocampal slices but not in those pretreated with the actin ...