Poly(methyl methacrylate)/polyacrylonitrile composite latex particles with a novel surface morphology

Synthetic strategies for raspberry-like polymer composite particles

The strategies used for the preparation of raspberry-like polymer composite particles are summarized comprehensively.

Fabrication of fluorinated raspberry particles and their use as building blocks for the construction of superhydrophobic films to mimic the wettabilities from lotus leaves to rose petals

Preparation of raspberry-like particles (RPs) and the subsequent fabrication of superhydrophobic films with tunable adhesion derived from fluorinated RPs.

A unique fabrication strategy of hierarchical morphologies: combination of multi-step self-assembling and morphology transition

Sea cucumber-like hierarchical microstructures were fabricated, and a multi-step self-assembling process was observed in the RAFT dispersion polymerization.

Synthesis of raspberry-like poly(styrene-glycidyl methacrylate) particles via a one-step soap-free emulsion polymerization process accompanied by phase separation

We herein report a facile method to prepare raspberry-like poly(styrene-glycidyl methacrylate) [P(S-GMA)] particles with controllable structure via a one-step soap-free emulsion polymerization process accompanied by phase separation. In this method, corona particles with a size of 10-20 nm were produced in situ in the later polymerization stage by the migrating of S-enriched polymers from GMA-enriched core particles. The size of the corona particles and the roughness of the raspberry-like particles can be easily controlled by adjusting the amount of styrene (S), glycidyl methacrylate (GMA), and divinylbenzene (DVB). The structure of raspberry-like P(S-GMA) particles was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. A possible mechanism of the formation of raspberry-like particles was proposed.