title: One-step template-free synthesis of monoporous polymer microspheres with uniform sizes via microwave-mediated dispersion polymerization.
abstract: One-step facile synthesis of monoporous polymer microspheres via microwave-controlled dispersion polymerization is introduced. This template-free method employing the dispersion polymerization of styrene under microwave irradiation induces directly the formation of uniform monoporous polymer microspheres, with controllable morphologies and sizes, which can be tuned by simply adjusting parameters for the synthesis. A comparison to conventional heating indicates that microwave irradiation plays a vital role in the formation of this novel morphology.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, PR China. mqzhu@hust.edu.cn
authors.forename: Ming-Qiang
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Gan-Chao
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yun-Mei
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun-Bing
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Ming-Feng
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D008422:Materials Testing; D008863:Microspheres; D008872:Microwaves; D010316:Particle Size; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers