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22 Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2003, 204, 22–31 Full Paper: The encapsulation of high amounts of magne- tite into polystyrene particles can efficiently be achieved by a new three-step preparation route including two miniemulsion processes. In the first step, a dispersion of oleic acid coated magnetite particles in octane is obtained. In the second step, magnetite aggregates in water are produced in a miniemul- sion process by using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as surfactant. In the third step, the dispersion with the magnetite aggregates which are covered by an oleic acid/SDS bilayer were mixed with a monomer miniemulsion and a second miniemulsion process, an ad-miniemulsification process, is used to obtain full encapsulation. After polymerization, polymer encapsulated magnetite aggregates were obtained. Characterization by thermogravimetry, preparative ultracen- trifugation, and transmission electron microscopy showed that up to 40% magnetite could be encapsulated resulting in particles with a high homogeneity of the magnetite content. Magnetometry measurements reveal that the included iron oxide aggregates still consist of separated superparamagnetic magnetite particles. Transmission electron micrograph for magnetite polystyrene particles (Latex-1). Magnetic Polystyrene Nanoparticles with a High Magnetite Content Obtained by Miniemulsion Processesa ´ Liliana P. Ramırez, Katharina Landfester* Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, 144