Modeling multiphase latex particle equilibrium morphology |
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| Authors: | Yuri Reyes José M Asua |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute for Polymer Materials, POLYMAT and Grupo de Ingeniería Química, Departamento de Química Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas;2. University of the Basque Country, Joxe Mari Korta zentroa, Tolosa etorbidea 72, Donostia‐San Sebastián 20018, Spain |
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| Abstract: | Multiphase waterborne polymer particles provide advantages in more demanding applications and their performance depends on particle morphology. Currently, no general approach to predict the morphology of multiphase latex particles is available. In this work, a model based on Monte Carlo methods was developed for the prediction of equilibrium morphologies of multiphase waterborne systems, such as polymer‐polymer and polymer‐polymer‐inorganic hybrids. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 48: 2579–2583, 2010 |
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| Keywords: | computer modeling dispersions emulsion polymerization equilibrium particle morphology Monte Carlo simulation morphology nanoparticles polymer‐polymer hybrid polymer‐polymer‐inorganic hybrid waterborne multiphase particles |
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