Particle synthesis: mechanisms self-assembling

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Sapurina et al. have reported the synthesis of PANI-coated waterborne polyurethane latexes in the presence of a polymeric stabihzer, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). The composite particles showed a conductivity of 10 S cm i, with good colloidal and mechanical properties [73]. Recently, Huang et al. synthesized a series of PPy-coated styrene-butyl acrylate (SBA) core-shell latex particles [74], The Tg of the composite particles was shown to be determined mainly by the core material. It was reported that the conductivity of the hybrid particles could be tuned by varying the butyl acrylate content in the SBA copolymer. The composite particles showed a conductivity of 0.17 S cm Composite particles having a photochromic dye as the core and ICP as shell, and possessing properties of photoluminescence, have been studied by Jang etal. [75]. Thin PEDOT-coated PS particles (Fig. 6.14) were reported for self-assembled crystalline coUoidal arrays with a stop band in the visible regime by Han and coworkers [76]. 

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