Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Interest in nanoparticles has skyrocketed in the past decade. With uses in medicine, cosmetics, and specialty chemicals there is a competition to synthesize new formulations of nanoparticles. Using the low energy, Near-PIT emulsification method followed by polymerization, nanoparticles containing a mixture of styrene and glycidyl methacrylate were synthesized. It was found that the average synthesized nanoparticle size was 91.5 nm, making the Near-PIT nanoparticles smaller than those synthesized by ultrasound, where the average particle size was 123.4 nm. The percent of epoxy groups on the surface of the synthesized nanoparticles was found to be 12.1%, slightly higher than that on the surface of nanoparticles synthesized by ultrasound, which was 11.6%.
Source: Digital WPI
Author: David Saxner
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
OpenAlex ID: W3202056582