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The standard recipe for a direct miniemulsion was applied until otherwise stated. The monomer phase, consisting of 6 g of monomer (typically styrene), 250 mg hexadecane, 100 mg V59 [2,2′-azobis(2-methylbutyronitrile)) and varying amounts of metal complex specified in the individual chapters are mixed with the water phase (24 g ultrapure water and 60 mg sodium dodecyl sulfate) and stirred at 1800 rpm for 60 min. Miniemulsification is achieved by ultrasonicating the mixture under ice-cooling for 120 s with a ½” tip at 90% amplitude following a 10 s-pulse-10 s-break protocol, (Branson digital sonifier 450-D, Dietzenbach, Germany). Afterwards, the mixture is heated to 72 ℃ and polymerized for 12 h under gentle continuous stirring.
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Vogel, N. (2012). Experimental Section. In: Surface Patterning with Colloidal Monolayers. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35133-4_6
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