Microemulsion polymerization. 1. Small-angle neutron scattering study of monomer partitioning

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作者
Co, CC [1 ]
de Vries, R [1 ]
Kaler, EW [1 ]
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[1] Univ Delaware, Dept Chem Engn, Ctr Mol & Engn Thermodynam, Newark, DE 19716 USA
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10.1021/ma001246r
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O63 [高分子化学(高聚物)];
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070305 ; 080501 ; 081704 ;
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To achieve a better understanding of the kinetics of microemulsion polymerization, we have examined monomer partitioning between micelles and polymer particles during polymerization of aqueous microemulsions of dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide surfactant and styrene, n-butyl methacrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate: and n-hexyl methacrylate monomers. Polymerizing microemulsions are simulated by equilibrium mixtures of unpolymerized and fully polymerized microemulsions for which the monomer partitioning is accurately measured using small-angle neutron scattering. Experimental results are semiquantitatively reproduced by modeling the monomer partitioning as a competition between the Flory-Huggins bulk polymer free energy and the Helfrich curvature elastic energy of the surfactant monolayers.
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