Chemical Communications 2006-07-05

Surfactant ionic liquid-based microemulsions for polymerization.

Feng Yan, John Texter

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) (25) , 2696-8, (2006)

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Abstract

Surfactants based on imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs), including polymerizable surfactant ILs, have been synthesized and used to stabilize polymerizable microemulsions useful for producing polymer nanoparticles, gels, and open-cell porous materials.