On the Mechanism of Latex Particles Formation in Polymerization in Heterogeneous Monomer-Water System

Abstract

Investigations show that in monomer water heterogeneous systems polymerization, located in the interface, can disperse the system. Following polymerization in the density gradient field it is shown that in such systems latex particles are nucleated from monomer microdroplets, containing a certain amount of polymer molecules. It could be considered that, independently of the nature of the monomer itself, polymerization in monomer water statistic heterogeneous systems modulate emulsion polymerization process.