Abstract
The copolymerization of acrylic acid and styrene in a cationic microemulsion made with dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide is reported. Conversion of 60% and fast reaction rates are achieved. The resulting latex is a monodisperse dispersion of spherical particles of 21 nm in radius. The copolymer backbone consists of isolated acrylic acid units randomly distributed among polystyrene blocks.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 308-310 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Colloid And Interface Science |
Volume | 137 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1990 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (PYIA-8351179 and INT-8801569), CONACyT (P228CCOX881263), and S.E.P. (C88-01-0236). One of us (P.C~S.) has a fellowship from the Con~ejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Trcnicas de la Repfiblica Argentina.