Metal—Polyaniline nanocomposites such as Platinum-Polyaniline nanocomposite is prepared by insitu oxidative polymerization of aniline and reduction of Pt+4 ions into Pt nanoparticles. Thepolymerization of aniline was carried out in the presence of 1(2PtCN6 [Potassium Hexa CyanoPlatinate (IV)] as oxidizing agent. During the reaction aniline monomers undergo oxidation andform polyaniline (PANT) w...

Aqueous emulsion polymerization via reversible complexation mediated living radical yielded low-dispersity poly(methyl methacrylate)s and polystyrenes.

Particles of linear polyethylene (M(n) = (2-3) x 10(3) g x mol(-)(1); M(w)/M(n) = 2-4) obtained by catalytic emulsion polymerization of ethylene possess a nonspherical, lentil-like shape with an average aspect ratio of ca. 10 and diameters from 30 to >300 nm, as determined by TEM and AFM. The particle structure results from a stacking of the lamellae along the one shorter axis of the lentils (i...

Molecularly imprinted polymer microspheres were synthesized by Pickering emulsion polymerization. Fluorescence spectroscopic investigations provided insights into the template recognition in water.

Core-polystyrene/shell-silica nanocomposite particles are synthesized by simple soap-free emulsion polymerization employing positively charged silica sol. The polymerization is initiated with conventional anionic KPS. It is found that the silica sol should be added after the initiation and nucleation of the soap-free emulsion polymerization in order to obtain colloidally stable composite partic...

Polymerization-induced formation of amphiphilic diblock copolymer vesicles is performed in water at high concentrations by a single-step nitroxide-mediated controlled free-radical emulsion polymerization of 4-vinylpyridine, initiated by a water-soluble poly(sodium acrylate) macroalkoxyamine at alkaline pH.

Self-assembled block copolymer nanofibers are attractive materials for multiple applications. We propose here a novel, very simple and straightforward method to prepare polymeric nanofibers at high solids contents directly in water. It is based on an aqueous emulsion polymerization process performed under living radical polymerization conditions, using the RAFT method.

Block copolymers can be obtained by combining catalytic chain transfer polymerization (CCTP) and conventional free radical emulsion of ethylene.

We report on two important advances in radical polymerization with reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT polymerization). (1) Electrochemically initiated emulsion RAFT (eRAFT) provides rapid of styrene at ambient temperature. The electrolytes and mediators required for eRAFT are located the aqueous continuous phase separate from low-molar-mass-dispersity macroRAFT agent mediato...

Vinylidene fluoride (VDF) emulsion polymerization is conducted in the presence of xanthate-end functionalized poly(ethylene glycol)s leading to stable PVDF latexes.