Microemulsion copolymerization of styrene and acrylic acid

Jorge E. Puig, Sergio Corona-Galvan, Antonio Maldonado, Pablo C. Schulz, Beatriz E. Rodriguez, Eric W. Kaler

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)308-310
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Colloid And Interface Science
Volume137
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1990
Externally publishedYes

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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.

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