Polymerization strategies to overcome limiting monomer conversion in silicone-acrylic miniemulsion polymerization

  • Raquel Rodríguez
  • , María J. Barandiaran
  • , José M. Asua*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The limiting conversion phenomenon observed in high solid content silicone-modified acrylic miniemulsion polymerizations was investigated. It was found that the limiting conversion was mainly due to the formation of inactive radicals upon propagation of butyl acrylate radicals with the vinyl end groups of the polydimethylsiloxane. Polymerization strategies that allowed overcoming this problem and achieving high monomer conversion were implemented.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)691-696
Number of pages6
JournalPolymer
Volume49
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Feb 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Limiting conversion
  • Miniemulsion polymerization
  • Silicone-acrylic

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