Thermodynamic analysis of the morphology of monomer-adsorbed,cross-linked polymer particles prepared by the dynamic swelling method and seeded polymerization

Thermodynamic simulation of the morphology of monomer-adsorbed, cross-linked polymer particles prepared by the dynamic swelling method which the authors proposed was conducted to clarify its thermodynamic stability from the viewpoint of the total interfacial free energy. By comparing it with experimental results reported in previous articles, it was found that the morphology was controlled thermodynamically. Snowman-shaped composite polymer particles having different morphologies were prepared by seeded polymerization of the monomer-adsorbed, cross-linked polymer particles, in which the polymer particles had different cross-linking densities.