Microbeads are uniform polymer particles, typically 0.5 to 500 micrometres in diameter.

At this point the monomer-swollen micelle has turned into a polymer particle.

The final product is a dispersion of polymer particles in water.

High molecular weights are developed in emulsion polymerization because the concentration of growing chains within each polymer particle is very low.

It is believed that these polymers graft onto growing polymer particles and stabilize them.

After precipitation, the polymerization proceeds by absorption of monomer and initiator into the polymer particles.

The dried polymer particles are then screened for proper particle size distribution and packaging.

Emulsion polymers are supplied as suspensions of polymer particles.

Latex paints are an emulsion of polymer particles dispersed in water.

Thermophoresis is one of the methods used to separate different polymer particles in field flow fractionation.