title: Fluorocarbon-hydrocarbon incompatibility in micellar polymerizations.
abstract: A new approach to micellar polymerization is described. It is well known that hydrocarbons and fluorocarbons exhibit local phase segregation (demixing) owing to mutual antipathy; here this effect is employed in monomer swollen micelles with appropriate combinations of hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon monomers and surfactants. A matrix of these hydro- and fluorocarbon components has been investigated to delineate the effects of H-F antipathy on the outcomes of polymerization reactions to generate nanolatices of different size (and possibly morphology). Phase diagrams, (1)H NMR and small-angle neutron (SANS) data have been generated to characterize the systems, indicating new routes to influence nanolatex formation.
authors.affiliation: ISIS-STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxon, OX11 0QX, UK. sarah.rogers@stfc.ac.uk
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eastoe
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gold
authors.forename: Richard K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Heenan
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grillo