Functional monomers acidic

Electrophilic Route Ether Functional Monomer Acid Halogenide... 

Monomers. A wide variety of monomers can be used, and they are chosen on the basis of cost and abiUty to impart specific properties to the final product. Water solubiUties of iadustriaHy important monomers are shown ia Table 1 (38). The solubiUty of the monomer ia water affects the physical chemistry of the polymerization. Functional monomers like methacrylic and acryUc acid, infinitely soluble ia water, are also used. These monomers impart long-term shelf stabiUty to latices by acting as emulsifiers. The polymerization behavior of some monomers, such as methacrylic acid, as well as the final latex properties are iafiuenced by pH. For optimum results with these acids, polymerization is best performed at a pH of ca 2. After polymerization, the latex is neutralized to give adequate shelf stabiUty at tractable viscosities. 

The second generation includes latices made with functional monomers like methacrylic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate [818-61 -17, acrylamide/75 -(9ti-/7, 2-dimethylaminoethylmethacrylate [2867-47-2] and sodiumT -vinyl-benzenesulfonate [98-70-4] that create in polymeric emulsifier. The initiator decomposition products, like the sulfate groups arising from persulfate decomposition, can also act as chemically bound surfactants. These surfactants are difficult to remove from the latex particle. 

Functional Monomers. Hydroxy functional methacrylates ate accessible by the reaction of methacryhc acid and ethylene oxide or ptopjiene oxide in the presence of chromium (61), iron (62), or ion-exchange catalysts (63). 

Carboxylic acids with multifunctional epoxides or epoxy functional monomers... 

The polymers were prepared using MAA as functional monomer and EDMA as crosslinking monomer if not otherwise noted. VPY= 2- or 4-vinylpyridine TRIM = trimethylolpropane trimethacrylate DPGE = (R)-N,0-dimethacryloylphenylglycinol PYAA = 3-(4-pyridinyl)acrylic acid. 

Tlie polymers were prepared by the standard procedure using MAA as functional monomer (see Fig. 6-2) as described elsewhere Mobile phase acetonitrile/acetic acid 90/10 (v/v). Sample 0.2. imol racemate g" Mobile phase acetonitrile/water/acetic acid 96.3/1.2/2.5 (v/v). 

Considering functional group complementarity, other commodity monomers may also be used. Thus for templates containing acid groups, basic functional monomers are preferably chosen. The 2- or 4-vinylpyridines (VPY) are particularly well-suited for the imprinting of carboxylic acid templates and provide selectivities of the same... 

Styrene monomer was also copolymerized with a series of functional monomers by using a single-step dispersion copolymerization procedure carried out in ethanol as the dispersion medium by using azobisizobu-tyronitrile and polyvinylpyrollidone as the initiator and the stabilizer, respectively [84]. The comonomers were methyl methacrylate, hydroxyethyl acrylate, metha-crylic acid, acrylamide, allyltrietoxyl silane, vinyl poly-dimethylsiloxane, vinylsilacrown, and dimethylamino-... 

The soapless seeded emulsion copolymerization method was used for producing uniform microspheres prepared by the copolymerization of styrene with polar, functional monomers [115-117]. In this series, polysty-rene-polymethacrylic acid (PS/PMAAc), poly sty rene-polymethylmethacrylate-polymethacrylic acid (PS/ PMMA/PMAAc), polystyrene-polyhydroxyethylmeth-acrylate (PS/PHEMA), and polystyrene-polyacrylic acid (PS/PAAc) uniform copolymer microspheres were synthesized by applying a multistage soapless emulsion polymerization process. The composition and the average size of the uniform copolymer latices prepared by multistage soapless emulsion copolymerization are given in Table 11. 

Ionic polymers are a special class of polymeric materials having a hydrocarbon backbone containing pendant acid groups. These are then neutralized partially or fully to form salts. lonomeric TPEs are a class of ionic polymers in which properties of vulcanized rubber are combined with the ease of processing of thermoplastics. These polymers contain up to 10 mol% of ionic group. These ionomeric TPEs are typically prepared by copolymerization of a functionalized monomer with an olefinic unsamrated monomer or direct functionalization of a preformed polymer [68-71]. The methods of preparation of various ionomeric TPEs are discussed below. 

For the two methods, the resulting grafting of functional monomers, e.g. acrylic acid and acrylamide, has been measured by multiple reflection IR spectra, ESCA spectra, and dye adsorption from an aqueous solution of crystal violet. The measurements indicate that the inert surfaces of the polymer substrates are modified by a complete surface layer of the grafted monomers. 

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