Polymer Colloids II, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1980

This volume is comprised of most of the papers presented at a symposium held in Miami Beach during the national meeting of the American Chemical Society in September, 1978. In a sense, it is a sequel to the first ACS symposium held on this topic and published under the title "Polymer Colloids" in 1971 by Plenum Press. That volume contained 12 papers, whereas "Polymer Colloids II" contains 33, an indication of the magnitude of the growth of the field in less than a decade. Increased sophistication probably best characterizes the changes which have taken place, especially in the realm of instru­ mentation. Ten years ago techniques such as quasielastic light scattering, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS - also known as ESCA), ion scattering spectroscopy (ISS), ultrasonic absorption spectroscopy and hydrodynamic exclusion chromatography (REC) were unavailable to the polymer colloid chemist. Recent advances in all of these methods are described in this volume. Although the book deals primarily with "synthetic latexes" or "emulsion polymers" as colloids, there are a number of papers which deal with their synthesis: particle nucleation in emulsion polymer­ ization, the synthesis of emulsifier-free polymer colloids using novel reagents, molecular weight distributions derived from the kinetics of emulsion polymerization, and anionically polymerized non-aqueous polymer colloids. The kinetics and thermodynamics of the swelling of latex particles by monomers is also dealt with here.

I. Light Scattering.- The Expansion Characteristics of Carboxylic Emulsion Polymers. I. Particle Expansion Determined by Sedimentation.- Wide angle Light Scattering Investigation of the Internal Structure of Polymer Latexes.- Charges and Dynamics of Colloidal Particles by Quasielastic Light Scattering.- Hydrodynamic Properties of Dilute and Concentrated Polymer Latexes: A Study By Quasielastic Light Scattering.- II. Particle Size; Particle Swelling.- Estimation of the Uptake Rate of Solvents into Latex Particles.- Swelling of Aqueous Dispersions of Polymer-Oligomer Particles. Preparation of Polymer Particles of Predetermined Particle Size In- cluding Large Monodisperse Particles.- Particle Size Distribution in Suspension Polymerizations: Effect of added Low Molecular Weight Compounds.- Latex Particle-Size Analysis by Chromatographic Methods: Porous Packed Systems and Detection of Polystyrene.- III. Surface Chemistry.- Attraction between Latex Particles in the Presence of Excess Surfactant.- Ordered and Disordered Aggregation of Colloidal Particles and Macromolecules.- Effect of Polymer Polarity on the Adsorption of Sodium Lauryl Sulfate at Latex/ Water Interfaces.- Poly(Vinyl Toluene) Model Latices.- Rapid Measurment of Adsorption Isotherms of Emulsifiers on Latex Particles.- Applicability of DLVO Theory to the Formation of Ordered Arrays of Monodisperse Latex Particles.- Ultrasonic Study of Clean Polystyrene Latex Electrolyte Interface.- Characterization of Polystyrene Latices by Photoelectron and Infrared Spectroscopy.- Application of the Serum Replacement Technique in the Characterization of Ethyl Aerylate-Methyl Met?acrylate Copolymer Latex.- The Effect of Reaction By-Products, Surface Group Lability and Microbial Activity on the Surface Characteristics of PolymerLatices.- Physico-Chemical Properties of Viscoelastic Aqueous Detergent Solutions.- Interfacial Behavior of Polymer Colloids. I. Surface Excess Thermodynamic Properties of Aqueous Cellulose Ether Surfactant Solutions.- Nonaqueous Polystyrene Dispersions Stabilized by Silicone Block Copolymers: Anionic Dispersion Polymerization and Dispersion Properties.- Emulsifier-Free All-Sulfonate Polystyrene Colloids from a New Peroxide Initiator.- The Preparation of Polyvinyl Acetate Latexes Using Polymethacrylic Acid-Surfactant Mixtures: Locus of the Polymethacrylic Acid.- IV. Coagulation and Flocculation.- Incipient Flocculation and the Thermodynamics of Sterically Stabilized Nonaqueous Dispersions.- Flocculation of PVC Latex Particles in the Presence of Vinyl Chloride.- Coagulation of Amphoteric Latex Colloids -Reversibility and Specific Ion Effects.- Mixing Processes in the Flocculation of Microcrystalline Cellulose Sols with Cationic Polymers.- V. Emulsion Polymerization.- Characterization of Size Distribution During Continuous Emulsion Polymerization: Oscillations in Vinyl Acetate Polymerization.- Influence of Monomer Polarity on Particle Formation in Emulsion Polymerization.- Mechanism of Emulsification of Styrene Using Hexadecyltrimethylammonium Bromide-Cetyl Alcohol Mixtures.- Effect of the Size of the Initial Micelles on the Nucleation of Latex Particles in the Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene.- Characterization of Particles During Growth In Emulsifier-Free Emulsion Polymerization of Styrene.- Molecular Weight Distributions of Polymer Formed in Emulsion Polymerizations.