Microemulsion polymerization. 2. Influence of monomer partitioning, termination, and diffusion limitations on polymerization kinetics

Renko De Vries, Carlos C. Co, Eric W. Kaler

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Abstract

We investigate the polymerization kinetics of microemulsions prepared With the cationic surfactant dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide and the hydrophobic monomers n-butyl methacrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate, n-hexyl methacrylate, and styrene. Our previous model for microemulsion polymerization kinetics cannot account for the kinetics of these systems. Using the results of small-angle neutron scattering monomer partitioning studies and an extended kinetic model to analyze the data, the failure of the original kinetic model is shown to be due to a combination of nonlinear monomer partitioning, nonnegligible bimolecular termination, and, in some cases, diffusion limitations to propagation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3233-3244
Number of pages12
JournalMacromolecules
Volume34
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - May 8 2001

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