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Alkoxysilane Functional Acrylic Latexes: Influence of Copolymer Composition on Self-Curing Behavior and Film Properties
Article first published online: 20 JUN 2005
DOI: 10.1002/masy.200550826
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Macromolecular Symposia
Special Issue: Polymer Chemistry, Reactions and Processes
Volume 226, Issue 1, pages 289–302, May 2005
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How to Cite
Castelvetro, V., De Vita, C., Giannini, G. and Malvaldi, M. (2005), Alkoxysilane Functional Acrylic Latexes: Influence of Copolymer Composition on Self-Curing Behavior and Film Properties. Macromol. Symp., 226: 289–302. doi: 10.1002/masy.200550826
Publication History
- Issue published online: 20 JUN 2005
- Article first published online: 20 JUN 2005
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Keywords:
- alkoxysilane;
- emulsion polymerization;
- POSS;
- reactive latex;
- self-crosslinking
Abstract
Reactive latexes based on acrylic polymers with trimethoxysilyl groups in the side chain were prepared by semi-continuous emulsion copolymerization. The properties of the latex film related to the polymer network structure and their evolution upon thermal curing were studied as a function of the content of the reactive comonomer, trimethoxysilylpropyl methacrylate (TSPMA), ranging between 8 and 25 wt-%. In particular, the sensitivity to both organic solvent (chloroform) and water and the thermomechanical properties were investigated by swelling experiments and dynamic-mechanical analysis (DMA). The results are interpreted in terms of a transition from uniform to microheterogeneous crosslinking regime, possibly as the result of formation of polyorganosilsesquioxane-like (POSS) crosslinking domains at higher TSPMA content.