Instrument: Vasco Flex
Industry: Polymers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.201700128
Keywords: carbon dioxide; miniemulsion; radical polymerization, in situ dynamic light scattering
Radical polymerization of styrene in aqueous emulsions pressurized by CO2 has been investigated with a view to development of low energy miniemulsion polymerization. The general requirement of high energy mixing to generate miniemulsions comprising sub-micrometer-size monomer droplets has long been an impediment to wide-spread industrial application. (307 characters)