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Templating Polymerization of Dodecylammonium Surfactants with Polymerizable (Meth)acrylate Counter Ions

  1. Patrice C. Hartmann,
  2. Ronald D. Sanderson

Article first published online: 2 JUN 2005

DOI: 10.1002/masy.200550718

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Macromolecular Symposia

Macromolecular Symposia

Special Issue: Polymers in Novel Applications

Volume 225, Issue 1, pages 229–237, May 2005

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Hartmann, P. C. and Sanderson, R. D. (2005), Templating Polymerization of Dodecylammonium Surfactants with Polymerizable (Meth)acrylate Counter Ions. Macromol. Symp., 225: 229–237. doi: 10.1002/masy.200550718

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  1. UNESCO Associated Centre for Macromolecules, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, 7602 Matieland, South Africa

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  1. Issue published online: 2 JUN 2005
  2. Article first published online: 2 JUN 2005

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Keywords:

  • surfactants;
  • templates

Abstract

Both dodecylammonium acrylate (I) and dodecylammonium methacrylate (II) are reactive surfactants in which the polymerizable group is the organic counterion. Templating polymerization of I and II from the lyotropic liquid crystalline (LLC) lamellar phase was successfully performed with conservation of the supramolecular structure. A 20 wt% aqueous solution of II formed cubic bicontinuous phases, even upon addition of divinyl benzene (DVB). Polymerization from the cubic phases was attempted without and with DVB (3 wt%). Bicontinuous cubic phases always evolved toward lamellar structures upon polymerization.

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