Cover Picture: Hydrophobic Monomers Recognize Microenvironments in Hydrogel Microspheres during Free‐Radical‐Seeded Emulsion Polymerization (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 23/2020). Issue 23 (28th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Watanabe, Takumi; Nishizawa, Yuichiro; Minato, Haruka; Song, Chihong; Murata, Kazuyoshi; Suzuki, Daisuke
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 59:Issue 23(2020)
• Page Start: 8729
• Page End: 8729
• Publication Date: 2020-04-28
• Subjects: cryo-electron microscopy -- hydrogel microspheres -- microgels -- nanocomposite materials -- seeded emulsion polymerization; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.202005702
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

Abstract : Cryo‐electron micrography was used to precisely determine the three‐dimensional structure of nanocomposite microgels and to provide insight into the interactions between small hydrophobic molecules and the microgels. As explained by K. Murata, D. Suzuki et al. in their Communication on page 8849, styrene monomers recognize molecular‐scale differences in polarity within the microgels during emulsion polymerization. This discovery enabled the synthesis of multilayer nanocomposite microgels in one step by free‐radical‐seeded emulsion polymerization.