Somayeh Lashgari - Iran Polymer & Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran
Hassan Arabi - Iran Polymer & Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran
Ali Reza Mahdavian - Iran Polymer & Petrochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran
Veronica Ambrogi - Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II ,P.le Tecchio 80, 80125, Napoli, Italy

In this study, hexadecane microcapsules with PMMA and poly (MMA-co-BA) shell were synthesized by suspension polymerization. The effect of BA composition of shell on final properties of microcapsules in terms of morphology was studies. Kinetics and the thermodynamic studies were applied to predict the final morphology of MEPCM. To this aim, interfacial tension analysis were performed, and the results of morphology prediction were affirmed by SEM. SEM results revealed changing of morphology by increasing BA content. Multi nucleus morphology was observed for PMMA microcapsules as well as matrix type morphology for samples owing high BA content

PMMA, Butyl acrylate, suspension polymerization, PCM, morphology