• Size-Controlled Polystyrene Microparticles via Thermodynamic Emulsion Polymerization

  • Sudip Kumar Pal# , Tohid Otoufat*,#, and Gunwoo Kim†

  • Department of Organic Materials and Textile Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk 54896, Korea
    *Biomedical Manufacturing Technology Center, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Yeongcheon 38822, Korea

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This Article

  • 2026; 50(2): 295-302

    Published online Mar 25, 2026

  • 10.7317/pk.2026.50.2.295
  • Received on Oct 1, 2025
  • Revised on Jan 14, 2026
  • Accepted on Jan 14, 2026

Correspondence to

  • Gunwoo Kim

  • Department of Organic Materials and Textile Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk 54896, Korea

  • E-mail: creaventure@jbnu.ac.kr