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Shape engineering of polystyrene particles from spherical to raspberry-like to hollow flower-like via one-step non-surfactant self-templating polymerization of styrene in ethanol–water mixtures

We report a facile method for preparation of polystyrene (PS) particles with spherical, raspberry-like, and hollow flower-like structures by single-step non-surfactant self-templating polymerization of styrene in ethanol–water mixtures. PS particles with diverse morphologies could be easily obtained...

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Autores principales: Xiang, Xuechen, Chen, Zhe, Ren, Dongfang, Xu, Jiaqiong, Li, Xiaofeng, Ye, Zixin, Chen, Ning, Chen, Qiming, Ma, Shiyu
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9050510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35495350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ra00005a
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author Xiang, Xuechen
Chen, Zhe
Ren, Dongfang
Xu, Jiaqiong
Li, Xiaofeng
Ye, Zixin
Chen, Ning
Chen, Qiming
Ma, Shiyu
author_facet Xiang, Xuechen
Chen, Zhe
Ren, Dongfang
Xu, Jiaqiong
Li, Xiaofeng
Ye, Zixin
Chen, Ning
Chen, Qiming
Ma, Shiyu
author_sort Xiang, Xuechen
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description We report a facile method for preparation of polystyrene (PS) particles with spherical, raspberry-like, and hollow flower-like structures by single-step non-surfactant self-templating polymerization of styrene in ethanol–water mixtures. PS particles with diverse morphologies could be easily obtained by simply adjusting the volume ratios of the styrene/water/ethanol mixture and initiator-ethanol–water mixture. By decreasing this ratio, the particles with spherical, raspberry-like, and hollow flower-like structures were obtained in sequence. The wettability of the coatings changing from hydrophilicity to hydrophobicity was easily tuned by the PS particles with different roughnesses. A competitive mechanism of interfacial polymerization and exudation was proposed to interpret the formation of PS particles with diverse morphologies.
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spelling pubmed-90505102022-04-29 Shape engineering of polystyrene particles from spherical to raspberry-like to hollow flower-like via one-step non-surfactant self-templating polymerization of styrene in ethanol–water mixtures Xiang, Xuechen Chen, Zhe Ren, Dongfang Xu, Jiaqiong Li, Xiaofeng Ye, Zixin Chen, Ning Chen, Qiming Ma, Shiyu RSC Adv Chemistry We report a facile method for preparation of polystyrene (PS) particles with spherical, raspberry-like, and hollow flower-like structures by single-step non-surfactant self-templating polymerization of styrene in ethanol–water mixtures. PS particles with diverse morphologies could be easily obtained by simply adjusting the volume ratios of the styrene/water/ethanol mixture and initiator-ethanol–water mixture. By decreasing this ratio, the particles with spherical, raspberry-like, and hollow flower-like structures were obtained in sequence. The wettability of the coatings changing from hydrophilicity to hydrophobicity was easily tuned by the PS particles with different roughnesses. A competitive mechanism of interfacial polymerization and exudation was proposed to interpret the formation of PS particles with diverse morphologies. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020-03-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9050510/ /pubmed/35495350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ra00005a Text en This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
spellingShingle Chemistry
Xiang, Xuechen
Chen, Zhe
Ren, Dongfang
Xu, Jiaqiong
Li, Xiaofeng
Ye, Zixin
Chen, Ning
Chen, Qiming
Ma, Shiyu
Shape engineering of polystyrene particles from spherical to raspberry-like to hollow flower-like via one-step non-surfactant self-templating polymerization of styrene in ethanol–water mixtures
title Shape engineering of polystyrene particles from spherical to raspberry-like to hollow flower-like via one-step non-surfactant self-templating polymerization of styrene in ethanol–water mixtures
title_full Shape engineering of polystyrene particles from spherical to raspberry-like to hollow flower-like via one-step non-surfactant self-templating polymerization of styrene in ethanol–water mixtures
title_fullStr Shape engineering of polystyrene particles from spherical to raspberry-like to hollow flower-like via one-step non-surfactant self-templating polymerization of styrene in ethanol–water mixtures
title_full_unstemmed Shape engineering of polystyrene particles from spherical to raspberry-like to hollow flower-like via one-step non-surfactant self-templating polymerization of styrene in ethanol–water mixtures
title_short Shape engineering of polystyrene particles from spherical to raspberry-like to hollow flower-like via one-step non-surfactant self-templating polymerization of styrene in ethanol–water mixtures
title_sort shape engineering of polystyrene particles from spherical to raspberry-like to hollow flower-like via one-step non-surfactant self-templating polymerization of styrene in ethanol–water mixtures
topic Chemistry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9050510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35495350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d0ra00005a
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