“…12,13 Depending on the application, polymer microspheres were typically 0.1-100 mm in size and contained various functional groups such as aldehyde, carboxyl, hydroxyl, amino, and oxirane groups. 2,7,14,15 Emulsion polymerization was often used to prepare the polymer particles; however, monodisperse microspheres of desirable size and surface properties can be produced with advantage by dispersion polymerization, which is a one-step technique that does not require the emulsification of monomers in the reaction medium. 15,16 On the contrary, the monomer, stabilizer, and initiator are dissolved in the solvent, from which the polymer precipitates and forms nuclei which continue to grow into the mature polymer particles.…”