Miniemulsion polymerization is employed to produce high solid content (50%) acrylic/melamine latexes with varied crosslinking capability, for their potential application as waterborne crosslinkable coatings. This synthesis ...

Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is the major source of human visceral leishmaniasis. To control the spread of this disease, early and accurate detection of infected dogs is critical but challenging. The serological ...

In this chapter we have given an overview of the Rayleigh-Debye-Gans (RDG) theory applied in the analysis of Small Angle Scattering (SAS) data of different types of particle systems. First some useful derivations needed ...

This work is concerned with the theoretical estimation of the low-shear viscosity of concentrated suspensions of charged-stabilized latex particles. Calculations are based on the assumption that particles interacting through ...

Natural rubber latex was added to composite materials formulated from a quebracho tannin adhesive crosslinked with hexamethylenetetramine and wood flour as a reinforcing filler. The final microstructure of the thermoset ...

A multiple response optimization of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) emulsion batch polymerization is proposed. Several properties of latex and rubber were optimized to obtain a particular grade of SBR, namely 1712. Artificial ...

We analyze experimentally the effect of several operating conditions on conversion and molecular weight distributions of PVC obtained in batch emulsion polymerization. The operating variables studied were reaction temperature, ...

The authors present a joint experimental-theoretical study of collective diffusion properties in aqueous suspensions of charge-stabilized fluorinated latex spheres. Small-angle x-ray scattering and x-ray photon correlation ...

Nowadays material science is trying to design products that combine the adaptability of synthetic polymers with the structure and functionality of biopolymers. In this context, the present work investigates the production ...