Use of Micelles in Emulsion Polymerization

Emulsion polymerization is used in the chemical industry to produce a milky fluid called latex which is used as the synthetic rubber raw material in paints, surface coatings, adhesives, paper, textile and leather treatment chemicals and in the manufacture of various other products. In-situ formed micelles are used in order to perform an emulsion polymerization process, carried out in an aqueous medium. There are four basic ingredients required for emulsion polymerization. They are (a) the monomer, a polymerizable organic material, (b) the water dispersion medium, (c) the emulsifier (surfactant) and (d) the initiator. When correct amounts of the ingredients are mixed together properly in a suitable 

10 Coating Mono- and Multilayers on Solid Substrates Langmuir-Blodgett Method 

A Langmuir film balance can also be used to build up highly organized multilayers of surfactant films on solid substrates. This is accomplished by successively dipping a substrate 

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