Macromolecules

Unique associative properties of copolymers of sodium acrylate and oligo (ethylene oxide) alkyl ether methacrylates in water

…, A Hashidzume, S Yusa, Y Morishima

Index: Tomatsu, Itsuro; Hashidzume, Akihito; Yusa, Shin-Ichi; Morishima, Yotaro Macromolecules, 2005 , vol. 38, # 18 p. 7837 - 7844

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Abstract

A series of random copolymers of sodium acrylate and oligo (ethylene oxide) alkyl ether methacrylates (C n E m MA) with different lengths of ethylene oxide (EO) and alkyl groups were prepared by free-radical copolymerization at varying copolymer compositions. The lengths of the EO units (the number of EO units)(m) and the numbers of carbon atoms in the alkyl groups (n) ranged from 0 to 8.7 and 1 to 6, respectively. The copolymers with n= 1 ...