E. Urlaub et al., RAMAN INVESTIGATION OF STYRENE POLYMERIZATION IN SINGLE OPTICALLY TRAPPED EMULSION PARTICLES, Chemical physics letters, 231(4-6), 1994, pp. 511-514
The usability of the gradient force trapping technique for observing R
aman scattering from single droplets during the emulsion polymerizatio
n process of styrene is examined. We are able to follow the progress o
f the polymerization reaction by characterizing spectroscopically the
different kinds of droplets. By means of this technique Raman investig
ations are possible to describe reactions in emulsion droplets without
disturbing effects.