標題: Thermal-Annealing-Induced Self-Stretching: Fabrication of Anisotropic Polymer Particles on Polymer Films
作者: Lo, Yu-Ching
Chiu, Yu-Jing
Tseng, Hsiao-Fan
Chen, Jiun-Tai
交大名義發表
應用化學系
National Chiao Tung University
Department of Applied Chemistry
公開日期: 31-十月-2017
摘要: Designing anisotropic particles of various shapes draws great attention to scientists nowadays. We develop a facile and simple method to fabricate anisotropic polymer particles from spherical polymer particles. Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) films spin-coated with polystyrene (PS) micro spheres are confined on both sides using binder clips and are heated above the glass-transition temperatures of the polymers. During the thermal annealing process, the PS particles sink into the PVA films and transform to anisotropic particles. Depending on the distances to the bound regions, oblate spheroid PS particles or prolate spheroid particles with different aspect ratios can be obtained. The transformation of the particles is mainly driven by the stretching forces and the squeezing forces. The main advantage of this method is that anisotropic particles with different shapes can be fabricated simultaneously on a single film. We expect that this novel method can be helpful to various fields including colloids science, suspension rheology, and drug delivery.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02771
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/144027
ISSN: 0743-7463
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02771
期刊: LANGMUIR
Volume: 33
起始頁: 12300
結束頁: 12305
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