The present invention is a method of making polymeric particles having a predetermined and controlled size and size distribution. The method includes dissolving a polymer in a solvent to form a solution wherein the solvent is substantially immiscible with water. A suspension of small droplets of the solution is formed in water containing a water soluble promoter and a stabilizer comprising a surfactant free copolymer by high shear agitation. The stabilizer includes (i) about 55 to about 95 percent by weight, based on total monomer weight, of an addition polymerizable p-tert-butyl styrene and/or (ii) about 5 to about 45 percent by weight, based on total monomer weight, of an addition polymerizable ionic monomer. The solvent is removed from the droplets and the solidified polymer particles are separated from the water. The present invention as provides polymer particles having a core of polymer coated with a layer of smaller particles of a copolymer of the stabilizer described in the method.
本发明是一种制备具有预定和可控尺寸及尺寸分布的聚合物颗粒的方法。该方法包括将聚合物溶解在溶剂中,形成一种溶液,其中该溶剂与
水基本不相溶。通过高剪切搅拌,在含有
水溶性
促进剂和稳定剂的
水中形成溶液的小液滴悬浮液。稳定剂包括(i)大约55至大约95重量%,基于总单体重量,添加可聚合的对
叔丁基苯乙烯和/或(ii)大约5至大约45重量%,基于总单体重量,添加可聚合的离子单体。从液滴中去除溶剂,将固化的聚合物颗粒与
水分离。本发明还提供了具有聚合物核心和包覆有所述方法中稳定剂的共聚物较小颗粒层的聚合物颗粒。