ZHANG Qingsong, ZHA Liusheng, MA Jinghong, LIANG Borun. EFFECTS OF CLAY ON THE PREPARATION OF MICROGELS FROM COPOLYMERIZATION OF N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE AND t-BUTYL ACRYLATE. [J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica (7):638-643(2007)
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ZHANG Qingsong, ZHA Liusheng, MA Jinghong, LIANG Borun. EFFECTS OF CLAY ON THE PREPARATION OF MICROGELS FROM COPOLYMERIZATION OF N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE AND t-BUTYL ACRYLATE. [J]. Acta Polymerica Sinica (7):638-643(2007)DOI:
EFFECTS OF CLAY ON THE PREPARATION OF MICROGELS FROM COPOLYMERIZATION OF N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE AND t-BUTYL ACRYLATE
Adopting inorganic clay (hectorite) as physical cross-linking agent
a series of temperature-sensitive microgels were synthesized via the surfactant-free emulsion polymerization method.The chemical structure and global shape of the microgels were confirmed by FTIR
XRD and SEM
respectively.The temperature-sensitive behavior of the microgels was investigated by QELS and DSC.It was concluded that the clay used could act as an effective multifunctional cross-linking agent.In addition
the incorporation of tBA comonomer could tune the volume phase transition temperature of the PNIPAM-based microgels and could increase the uniformity of microgel particles.The particle size of the microgels thus prepared ranged from 140 nm to 350 nm.