Preface ....................................................... vii
Editor ......................................................... ix
Contributors ................................................... xi
1 Polymer Latex Technology: An Overview ........................ 1
V. Mittal
2 Synthesis of Polymer Particles with Core-Shell
Morphologies ................................................ 29
Claudia Sayer and Pedro Henrique Hermes de Araújo
3 Advanced Polymer Nanoparticles with Nonspherical
Morphologies ................................................ 61
Yongxing Hu, Jianping Ge, James Goebl, and Yadong Yin
4 Block, Graft, Star, and Gradient Copolymer Particles ........ 97
H. Matahwa, E.T.A. van den Dungen, J. B. McLeary, and
B. Klumperman
5 Polymer Nanoparticles by Reversible Addition-
Fragmentation Chain Transfer Microemulsion
Polymerization ............................................. 133
J. O'Donnell and E. Kaler
6 pH-Responsive Polymer Nanoparticles ........................ 169
Jonathan V.M. Weaver
7 Smart Thermo-Responsive Nanoparticles ...................... 197
Peng Tian and Qinglin Wu
8 Surface Tailoring of Polymer Nanoparticles with Living
Polymerization Methods ..................................... 223
Koji Ishizu and Dong Hoon Lee
9 Effects of Nano-Sized Polymerization Locus on the
Kinetics of Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization ....... 263
Hidetaka Tobita
10 Functional Polymer Particles by Emulsifier-Free
Polymerization ............................................. 307
V. Mittal
11 Polymer Nanoparticles with Surface Active Initiators and
Polymer Initiators ......................................... 329
Klaus Tauer
Index ......................................................... 361
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