NANOPARTICLE-COATED ELASTOMERIC PARTICULATES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:CA3091653A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-09

    申请号:CA3091653

    申请日:2020-08-31

    Applicant: XEROX CORP

    Abstract: Melt emulsification may be employed to form elastomeric particulates in a narrow size range when nanoparticles are included as an emulsion stabilizer. Such processes may comprise combining a polyurethane polymer and nanoparticles with a carrier fluid at a heating temperature at or above a melting point or a softening temperature of the polyurethane polymer, applying sufficient shear to disperse the polyurethane polymer as liquefied droplets in the presence of the nanoparticles in the carrier fluid at the heating temperature, cooling the carrier fluid at least until elastomeric particulates in a solidified state foini, and separating the elastomeric particulates from the carrier fluid. In the elastomeric particulates, the polyurethane polymer defines a core and an outer surface of the elastomeric particulates and the nanoparticles are associated with the outer surface. The elastomeric particulates may have a D50 of about 1 [im to about 1,000 m.

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