Polymerization microemusion membranes: from basic to applications

The aim of the present chapter is to illustrate the polymerization of polymerizable microemulsion systems for the production of materials, microlatexes, and membranes. A brief history of micro emulsions to-date will be described as well as the breakthroughs reached up to now in the field of microemulsion polymerization and the main fields of application. The following sections will report on the structure, polymerization and formulation of micro emulsions, while the concluding section will illustrate paradigmatic case studies.