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Studies on suspension and emulsion. LX. Composite polymer emulsion film with temperature‐sensitive properties
Author(s) -
Okubo Masayoshi,
Seike Masahiro,
Matsumoto Tsunetaka
Publication year - 1983
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.1983.070280133
Subject(s) - emulsion polymerization , materials science , emulsion , polystyrene , composite number , glass transition , polymer , phase inversion , acrylate , polymer chemistry , polymerization , composite material , suspension polymerization , chemical engineering , copolymer , chemistry , biochemistry , membrane , engineering
The mechanical and optical properties of film cast from poly(ethyl acrylate)/polystyrene composite emulsion prepared by seeded emulsion polymerization were changed drastically by heat treatment. Such temperature‐sensitive properties can be controlled by regulating the contents and the glass transition temperature of polymer. It was concluded that such a specific phenomenon is due to phase inversion in the heterogeneous structure of the film derived from the particle morphology determined by the polymerization recipe.