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Microemulsion polymerization of siloxane with nonionic surfactants as emulsifiers
Author(s) -
Zhang Dunming,
Jiang Xiqun,
Yang Changzheng
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.12585
Subject(s) - polymerization , microemulsion , ethylene glycol , siloxane , polymer chemistry , potassium hydroxide , emulsion polymerization , octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane , chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , pulmonary surfactant , polymer , biochemistry
Abstract Polysiloxane nanolatices were prepared by the microemulsion polymerization of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D 4 ) with nonionic polyoxyethylene alkyl ether and polyoxyethylene aryl ether as surfactants, ethylene glycol or aminoethanol as a cosurfactant, and potassium hydroxide or dipotassium dimethylsilanolate (I) as an initiator. The effect of the different initiators and the amount of cosurfactant on the microemulsion polymerization rate of D 4 was investigated. The initiator, potassium hydroxide, had a similar catalytic activity to I, and adding the cosurfactant changed a common siloxane emulsion to a microemulsion. At a same reaction conditions, the polymerization rate of D 4 with aminoethanol as a cosurfactant was much faster than that of ethylene glycol. The kinetics of this siloxane microemulsion polymerization was consistent with Morgen‐Kaler theory. The transparency value of the resultant polysiloxane nanolatex was more than 95% when the amount of ethylene glycol was more than 25% and the siloxane amount was about 30 wt % of the reaction mixture. A nanolatex of polydimethylsiloxane‐ co ‐polyvinylmethylsiloxane, which was crosslinked with potassium persulfate, revealed that the mean diameter of the droplets was 32 nm with a narrow distribution. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 89: 3587–3593, 2003