Microencapsulation of PCMs with a styrene-methyl methacrylate copolymer shell by suspension-like polymerisation

By Luz Sánchez-Silva, J. Rodríguez, A. Romero, A. Borreguero, M. Carmona, P. Sánchez. 2010

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Performance improvement of solar thermal systems integrated with phase change materials (PCM), a review (2020, unknown): “, 2010a) St–MMA Paraffin wax 320 (pure) – (Sánchez-Silva et al., 2010) Silica n-Octadecane 325 – (Zhang et al.”
Types, methods, techniques, and applications for microencapsulated phase change materials (MPCM): A review (2016, methodology): “[67] exposed that the suspension polymerization process is governed by multiple simultaneous mechanisms such as particle coalescence and break-up, secondary nucleation, and the diffusion of monomer to the interface.”
A review of microencapsulation methods of phase change materials (PCMs) as a thermal energy storage (TES) medium (2014, background): “[86] succeeded in enhancing the average energy storage capacity of the microcapsules containing PRS paraffin wax by means of a copolymer of MMA and styrene as the shell material instead of polystyrene.”
Nano-encapsulated organic phase change material based on copolymer nanocomposites for thermal energy storage (2014, methodology): “However, work on MMA/St copolymers shell to microencapsulated paraffin [46] by suspension-like polymerization method has been reported.”