Publications (101) Nicholas Ballard publications

2024

  1. Designing acrylic latexes for pressure-sensitive adhesives: a review

    Polymer International, Vol. 73, Núm. 2, pp. 75-87

  2. Experimental Protocols for Addressing the Viscoelasticity of Vinylogous Urethane Vitrimers

    Springer Proceedings in Materials (Springer), pp. 105-108

  3. Film Formation of Two-Stage Acrylic Latexes: Toward Soft-Core/Hard-Shell Systems

    Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Vol. 309, Núm. 3

  4. Hard Coatings from Soft Latexes: A Review of Routes to Overcome the Film Formation Dilemma

    Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, Vol. 309, Núm. 9

  5. Physical Crosslinking of Aqueous Polymer Dispersions: A Perspective

    Particle and Particle Systems Characterization

  6. Reinforcement learning for the optimization and online control of emulsion polymerization reactors: Particle morphology

    Computers and Chemical Engineering, Vol. 187

  7. Reply to the ‘Comment on “Lewis acid-surfactant complex catalyzed polymerization in aqueous dispersed media: cationic or radical polymerization?”’ by I. V. Vasilenko, F. Ganachaud and S. V. Kostjuk, Polym. Chem., 2024, 15, DOI: 10.1039/D3PY00661A

    Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 15, Núm. 3, pp. 207-209

  8. The hidden secrets of the average number of radicals per particle (n¯) and their implications in control of emulsion polymerization reactors

    Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 487

2023

  1. A combined computational and experimental study of metathesis and nucleophile-mediated exchange mechanisms in boronic ester-containing vitrimers

    Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 15, Núm. 3, pp. 181-192

  2. An artificial neural network to predict reactivity ratios in radical copolymerization

    Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 14, Núm. 23, pp. 2779-2787

  3. Erratum: Designed incorporation of semi-crystalline domains into structured latex particles via solvent-aided emulsion polymerization (Polym. Chem. (2022) 13 (5636–5646) DOI: 10.1039/D2PY00926A)

    Polymer Chemistry

  4. Film formation of hard-core/soft-shell latex particles

    Journal of Polymer Science, Vol. 61, Núm. 5, pp. 410-421

  5. Film formation of high poly(vinyl chloride) content latex particles

    Progress in Organic Coatings, Vol. 183

  6. Film formation of structured latexes with hydroplasticizable domains

    Reactive and Functional Polymers, Vol. 191

  7. Measuring and understanding blocking resistance in films cast from polymer latexes

    Progress in Organic Coatings, Vol. 174

  8. Mechanical Properties and Blocking Resistance of Films Cast from Core–Shell Latex Particles

    Macromolecular Reaction Engineering, Vol. 17, Núm. 5

  9. Polymer Colloids: Current Challenges, Emerging Applications, and New Developments

    Macromolecules, Vol. 56, Núm. 7, pp. 2579-2607

  10. Scalable synthesis of methacrylate-based vitrimer powders by suspension polymerization

    Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 14, Núm. 14, pp. 1656-1664

  11. Semi-crystalline/amorphous latex blends for coatings with improved mechanical performance

    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 140, Núm. 8

2022

  1. Designed incorporation of semi-crystalline domains into structured latex particles via solvent-aided emulsion polymerization

    Polymer Chemistry, Vol. 13, Núm. 39, pp. 5636-5646