title: On the colloidal stability of polystyrene particles prepared with surface-active initiators.
abstract: The stability of polystyrene latexes prepared with 2,2'-azobis(N-2'-methylpropanoyl-2-amino-alkyl-1)-sulphonates as surface-active initiators (inisurfs) in emulsion polymerization is investigated. The experimentally observed stability during emulsifier-free emulsion polymerization depends on the alkyl chain length of the inisurfs. The calculated barrier height of the overall interaction energy fits nicely with the experimentally observed stability during the polymerization.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physical Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii prospect, 31, Moscow, Russia. sovet@phyche.ac.ru
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aslamazova
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tauer
mesh_terms: D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D003102:Colloids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D011137:Polystyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D011108:Polymers; D011137:Polystyrenes; D013501:Surface-Active Agents