Starch nanoparticles modified with styrene oxide and their use as Pickering stabilizers
Jaime C. Cazotti, Sandra E. Smeltzer, Niels M. B. Smeets, Marc A. Dubé, Michael F. Cunningham
Abstract
Starch nanoparticles (SNP) were modified with styrene oxide (STO) and successfully used as Pickering stabilizers in miniemulsion and emulsion polymerization.
Topics & Concepts
MiniemulsionPickering emulsionStyreneStarchNanoparticleOxidePolymerizationEmulsionEmulsion polymerizationChemical engineeringStyrene oxideCopolymerStabilizer (aeronautics)Materials scienceChemistryPolymer chemistryOrganic chemistryNanotechnologyPolymerEngineeringMechanical engineeringPickering emulsions and particle stabilizationProteins in Food SystemsSurfactants and Colloidal Systems