Small molecule hydrophilic glasses

Hydration Limit of Small Molecule Hydrophilic Glasses.304... 

The principal monomers butadiene, styrene, vinyl acetate, (meth)acrylates and acrylonitrile essenhally determine the material properties of films made from the corresponding dispersions the glass transition temperature, the water absorption capacity, the elasticity, etc. Auxiliary monomers, which are only used in a small proportion, usually <5 %, control important properties such as colloid-chemical stabilization (acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, acrylamide, methacrylamide), crosslinking within the particles (difunctional acrylates, divinylbenzene, etc.) or hydrophilic properties (OH-containing monomers, such as hydroxyacrylates). Reactive monomers which still contain a latently reactive group even after incorporation into the polymer, for example glycidylmethacrylate or N-methylol(meth)acrylamide, can form a network between various particles and polymer molecules after film formation. 

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