화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.74, No.13, 3111-3120, 1999
Polymer latex containing carboxylic acid functional groups. I. Synthesis of polymer latex from MMA and AA
The polymer latex of poly(MMA-AA) was synthesized using two techniques: soapless seeded emulsion polymerization, and the soapless emulsion copolymerization technique. The reaction kinetics, morphology, composition, and size of latex particles, as well as the structure using thin-layer chromatographic separation techniques, glass transition temperature (T-g), and molecular weight of polymer products, were studied under different experimental conditions. The reaction of the hydrophilic AA monomer took place in two places-on or in the latex particles, and in the water phase. Therefore, the polymer latex, whose size is very small and uniform, dispersed uniformly all over the PAA continuous phase.