Organic Amine-Mediated Synthesis of Polymer and Carbon Microspheres: Mechanism Insight and Energy-Related Applications
By Jitong Wang and Liwen Yao and Cheng Ma and Xuhong Guo and Wenming Qiao and Licheng Ling and Donghui Long
Published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2016
Abstract
A general organic amine-mediated synthesis of polymer microspheres is developed based on the copolymerization of resorcinol, formaldehyde, and various organic amines at room temperature. Structure formation and evolution of colloidal microspheres in the presence of polyethylenimine are monitored by dynamic light scattering measurements. It is found that the colloidal clusters are formed instantaneously and then experience an anomalous shrinkage