Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Preparation of polystyrene/poly(methyl methacrylate) composite particles having a dent

  • Original Contributions
  • Published:
Colloid and Polymer Science Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Nonspherical polystyrene (PS)/poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) composite particles having a dent were prepared by releasing toluene from PS/PMMA/toluene droplets dispersed in a poly(vinyl alcohol) aqueous medium. An ex-centered PS-core/PMMA-shell morphology, in which a part of the PS core contacted with the aqueous medium and toluene partitioned more in the PS core than in the PMMA shell, was formed in the polymers/toluene droplet in the process of phase separation therein with releasing toluene. The volume of the dent became bigger with an increase in the PS content and in the toluene content partitioned in the PS core.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8
Fig. 9

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Okubo M, Katsuta Y, Matsumoto T (1980) J Polym Sci Polym Lett Ed 18:481

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Okubo M, Yamada A, Katsuta Y, Matsumoto T (1980) J Polym Sci Polym Lett Ed 16:3219

    Google Scholar 

  3. Okubo M, Ando M, Yamada A, Katsuta Y, Matsumoto T (1981) J Polym Sci Polym Lett Ed 19:143

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Min TI, Klein A, El-Aasser MS, Vanderhoff JW (1983) J Polym Sci Polym Chem Ed 21:147

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Cho I, Lee KW (1985) J Appl Polym Sci 30:1903

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Sheu HR, El-Aasser MS, Vanderhoff JW (1990) J Polym Sci Polym Chem 28:629

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Sundberg DC, Casassa AP, Pantazopoulos J, Muscato MR (1990) J Appl Polym Sci 41:1425

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Chen YC, Dimonie V, El-Aasser MS (1991) J Appl Polym Sci 42:1049

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Chen YC, Dimonie V, El-Aasser MS (1992) J Appl Polym Sci 45:1992

    Google Scholar 

  10. Catherine LW, Sundberg DC (1992) Polymer 33:4269

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. Jonsson JE, Hassander J, Jansson LH, Tornel B (1994) Polymer 27:1932

    Google Scholar 

  12. Karlsson O, Hassander H, Wesslen B (1997) J Appl Polym Sci 63:1543

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Okubo M (1990) Macromol Symp 36:307

    Google Scholar 

  14. Okubo M, Ikegami K, Yamamoto Y (1989) Colloid Polym Sci 267:193

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Yamamoto Y, Okubo M, Iwasaki Y (1991) Colloid Polym Sci 269:1126

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Okubo M, Katayama Y, Yamamoto Y (1991) Colloid Polym Sci 269:217

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Okubo M, Izumi J, Hosotani T, Yamashita T (1997) Colloid Polym Sci 275:797

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Okubo M, Izumi J, Takekoh R (2000) Colloid Polym Sci 277:875

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Okubo M, Takekoh R, Saito N (2003) Colloid Polym Sci 281:945

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Trent JS, Scheinbeim JI, Couchman PR (1983) Macromolecules 16:589

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Brandrup J, Immergut EH, Grulke EA (eds) (1999) Polymer handbook, 4th edn. Wiley-interscience, pp VII-675–VII-714

Download references

Acknowledgements

This work was partially supported by Creation and Support program for start-ups from Universities (No. 1509) from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), and by Research Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for Young Scientists (given to N. S.).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Masayoshi Okubo, Naohiko Saito & Teruhisa Fujibayashi

  2. Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Masayoshi Okubo

Authors
  1. Masayoshi Okubo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Naohiko Saito
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Teruhisa Fujibayashi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Masayoshi Okubo.

Additional information

Part CCLXI of the series “Studies on Suspension and Emulsion”.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Okubo, M., Saito, N. & Fujibayashi, T. Preparation of polystyrene/poly(methyl methacrylate) composite particles having a dent. Colloid Polym Sci 283, 691–698 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-004-1209-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-004-1209-x

Keywords

Search

Navigation