Water soluble polymer-based

B. ftihovd. Biocompatibility and immimocompatibiUty of water-soluble polymers based on HPMA, Compos. Part B-Eng., 38, 386-397 (2007). 

Water Soluble Polymer-Based Nanocomposites Containing Cellulose Nanocrystals... 

However, inspite of such a wide application field, the assortment of used water-soluble polymers is limited. Therefore, a task of creation of the new types of water-soluble polymers based on available raw material, is a quite topical one. N-allyl derivatives of hydrazine, a product requiring utilization, are promising from this point of view. 

In order to overcome the difficulties associated with inverse emulsion and dry polymers, Nalco has become involved in the development and commercial practice of a unique technology for the manufacture of high molecular weight water soluble polymers based on acrylamide. This polymerization process permits the manufacture of these extremely useful polymers as water continuous dispersions. The polymer products are liquid, and so retain the virtues of ease and safety of handling, but they are manufactured in water instead of in a hydrocarbon and surfactant matrix. Thus, no oil or surfactants are released to the environment with the application of these polymers. The performance of these polymers in the various end use applications is equivalent to, or in some cases exceeds, that obtained with similar polymers produced in inverse emulsion or dry form. A discussion of this dispersion polymerization technology, the monomers and their polymers, the stabilizer polymers, particle characteristics, viscosity considerations and the thermodynamic and physical stability of the products constitutes the subject of this manuscript. 

Weaver, J.V.M., Bannister, 1., Robinson, K.L., Bories-Azeau, X., Armes, S.P., Smallridge, M., McKenna, R Stimulus-responsive water-soluble polymers based on 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate. Macromolecules 37(7), 2395-2403 (2004)... 

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