ABSTRACT
Polymer latex particles are widely used as a solid support in numerous applications and especially in the biomedical field, because of the existence of various polymerization processes (emulsion, dispersion, microemulsion, etc.) for preparing latex that is well defined in terms of particle size, reactive groups, surface charge density, colloidal stability, etc. Since 1986, precipitation polymerization of alkylacrylamide and alkylmethacrylamide derivatives (water-soluble monomers) has been found to be a convenient method for producing submicronic, functionalized thermally sensitive latex hydrogel particles, as reported by Pelton and Chibante.
