Elaboration of stimuli responsive core-shell magnetic latexes from oil in water ferrofluid emulsion

Abstract

Abstract This manuscript describes the elaboration of temperature sensitive highly magnetic latex particles. The particle core is crosslinked polymer matrix containing iron oxide nanoparticles. The shell is a combination of highly crosslinked hydrophobic polymer and crosslinked stimuli responsive hydrophilic polymer. The polymerization was performed in two steps: the elaboration of seed magnetic latex particles for oil in water magnetic emulsion and (ii) the functionalization of the obtained magnetic latexes via seed polymerization in the presence of water soluble reactants. The obtained final core-shell latexes exhibit the following properties: The iron oxide content is above 50 wt.%. The size distribution is governed by the size distribution of the used oil in water magnetic emulsion. The thermal sensitivity of the shell is due to the presence of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide). The cationic character of the outer layer shell is due to the use of cationic initiator and amino containing monomer.