Monodisperse crosslinked carboxyl-functionalized polystyrene microspheres were prepared by dispersion polymerization and the crosslinker-postaddition method with styrene(St) as monomer
divinylbenzene(DVB) as crosslinker
acrylic acid(AA) as functional monomer
2
2-azobis ( isobutyronitrile) (AIBN) as initiator. The microspheres had been characterized by FT-TR
SEM
LPS and Zeta potential analysis
respectively. The results show that the initiator dosage
stabilizer dosage and crosslinker-adding mode have a significant impact on the mono-dispersibility
diameter of polymer particles. Under the conditions w(St) 15% (based on total reaction system mass)
w(DVB) 1 %
w( AA) 1 %
w(AIBN) 2% and w(PVP) 6% (DVB
AA
AIBN
PVP based on St mass)
the average diameter of PS-DVB-AA microspheres is 4µm. And it also shows that these microspheres keep good excellent particle sphericity and monodisperse property