Polymer Latexes: Preparation, Characterization, and Applications Book

	Preface
1	Overview of Emulsion Polymerization: Stepping Toward Prediction	1
2	Is There Life Beyond Micelles?: Mechanisms of Latex Particle Nucleation	12
3	Testing Nucleation Models for Emulsion-Polymerization Systems	28
4	Rate of Emulsifier Adsorption as a Factor in the Nucleation of Polymer Latex Particles	45
5	Kinetics and Mechanisms of Particle Formation and Growth in the Emulsion Polymerization Initiated by the Oil-Soluble Initiator, 2,2'-Azobisisobutyronitrile	55
6	Miniemulsion Polymerization	72
7	Kinetics and Mechanism of Styrene Microemulsion Polymerization	99
8	Production of Vinyl Acetate-Butyl Acrylate Copolymer Latexes of Narrow Particle Size Distribution: Part 1, Effect of Reaction Variables	114
9	Production of Vinyl Acetate-Butyl Acrylate Copolymer Latexes of Narrow Particle Sire Distribution: Part 2, Effect of Reaction Variables in Seeded Reactions	134
10	Emulsion Copolymer Glass-Transition Behavior and Particle Morphology	145
11	Particle Morphology in Vinyl Acetate-Butyl Acrylate Emulsion Copolymers	163
12	Correlation of the Extent of Chain Transfer to Polymer with Reaction Conditions for Emulsion Polymerization of n-Butyl Acrylate	188
13	Alkali Stability of Vinyl Acetate Copolymer and Terpolymer Latexes	203
14	Emulsion Copolymerization of Small-Particle-Size, High-Molecular-Weight Poly(alkylaminoalkyl methacrylate-co-alkyl methacrylate) Latexes	216
15	Control of Core-Shell Latex Morphology	234
16	Two-Stage Emulsion Polymerization of Acrylonitrile and Butadiene	255
17	Preparation of Particles for Microvoid Coatings by Seeded Emulsion Polymerization: Soft Hydrophilic Polymer Core-Hard Hydrophobic Polymer Shell	272
18	Production of Multihollow Polymer Particles by Stepwise Alkali-Acid Method: Alkali Treatment Process	282
19	Measuring Particle Size and Size Distribution from Micrograph	289
20	Rheological Study of Ordered Polymer Colloids	305
21	Detection and Concentration Measurements of Proteins Adsorbed onto Polystyrene and Poly(styrene-acrolien) Latexes	328
22	Synthesis, Analysis, and Immunodiagnostic Applications of Polypyrrole Latex and Its Derivatives	347
23	Conducting Polymer Composites: Polypyrole-Metal Oxide Latexes	368
24	Nucleation of Emulsion Polymerization in the Presence of Small Silica Particles	387
25	Pigmented Polymer Particles with Controlled Morphologies	405
26	Polymer Colloids as Catalyst Supports
27	Nonaqueous Polymer Colloids: Stabilization of Poly(vinyl acetate) Particles with the Diblock Copolymer Poly(styrene-b-[ethylene-co-propylene])	432
	Author Index	446
	Affiliation Index	447
	Subject Index	447