Preparation of polymer nanoparticles, and the effect of nanoconfinement on glass transition, structural relaxation and crystallization

Abstract

In this review the preparation methods of polymer nanoparticles from chemical microemulsion polymerization to physical methods such as spray-drying, freeze-drying, freeze-extracting, fast evaporation and spreading evaporation have been summarized. The influence of nanoconfinement on glass transition temperature (T_g) variation from significant or slight decrease, no evident T_g deviation, to even T_g increase, as well as possible explanations of T_g deviations were discussed. The influences of nanoconfinement or entanglement on the other properties such as structural relaxation, crystallization in polymer nanoparticle samples were also reviewed in this article.

Keywords

confinement / nanoparticles / glass transition / structural relaxation / crystallization

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (No. 20100032110025).

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