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Development of Novel Materials from Polymerization of Pickering Emulsion Templates

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Polymer Reaction Engineering of Dispersed Systems

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Pickering emulsions are an attractive type of emulsion. These particle-stabilized emulsions possess many advantages that conventional emulsions do not have. Recently, novel hybrid materials derived from Pickering emulsions have become an emerging research topic. These novel structures include spheres, hollow capsules, and porous foams, depending on the design of the Pickering emulsion template. Polymerization is always involved in order to support the structure after removal of the Pickering emulsion template. We present an overview of recent advances in the development of polymeric materials from Pickering emulsion templates. Developments are organized according to the physical morphologies (spheres, capsules, and foams) of materials derived from Pickering emulsions and the particles (inorganic and organic stabilizers) employed in stabilizing the emulsions.

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The authors sincerely acknowledge the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada for supporting this fundamental research through the Discovery Grant program (RGPIN-2015-05841) and Canada Research Chair (950-229035) program, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) (200154) for the equipment and facilities. HZ thanks the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants 21420102008 and 21536011) for supporting his research.

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Zhu, H., Lei, L., Li, BG., Zhu, S. (2017). Development of Novel Materials from Polymerization of Pickering Emulsion Templates. In: Pauer, W. (eds) Polymer Reaction Engineering of Dispersed Systems. Advances in Polymer Science, vol 280. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/12_2017_15

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