Title: multicomponent particle
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - multicomponent particle
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.14298
Status: current

Definition
Inhomogeneous particle consisting of two or more immiscible components.Examples of two-phase particle morphology.

Notes
1) The components can be solid, liquid, or gaseous.
2) Multicomponent particles are often obtained by sequential polymerizations of different monomers or monomer mixtures.

Source
- PAC, 2011, 83, 2229. 'Terminology of polymers and polymerization processes in dispersed systems (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)' on page 2234 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-10-06-03)

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Citation: Citation: 'multicomponent particle' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14298
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