| Abstract: | The mechanical and optical properties of film cast from poly(ethyl acrylate)/polystyrene composite emulsion prepared by seeded emulsion polymerization were changed drastically by heat treatment. Such temperature-sensitive properties can be controlled by regulating the contents and the glass transition temperature of polymer. It was concluded that such a specific phenomenon is due to phase inversion in the heterogeneous structure of the film derived from the particle morphology determined by the polymerization recipe. |
