title: A simple route for fabricating poly(para-phenylene vinylene) (PPV) particles by using ionic liquids and a solvent evaporation process.
abstract: Particles of a poly(para-phenylenevinylene) (PPV) precursor were prepared from an aqueous solution of the polymer by simple evaporation of water from the solution, which also contained an ionic liquid as a poor solvent (self-organized precipitation (SORP) method); PPV precursor nanoparticles were successfully converted to PPV nanoparticles after annealing at 240 degrees C under reduced pressure, this simple process constituting a novel route to nanoparticles of functional polymeric materials.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan. yabu@tagen.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yabu
authors.forename: Atsunori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Masatsugu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimomura