The Effect of Weight Fraction of H-PDMS on the Latex Membrane and the Stability of Composite Emulsion of H-PDMS/Acrylate

High hydrogen-containing polymethylsiloxane(H-PDMS)/polyacrylate composite emulsion was synthesized by a drop-adding method for monomer emulsion. The effects of weight fraction of H-PDMS on the stability of composite emulsion, water resistance and heat-aging resistance of the latex membrane have been investigated. The TEM demonstrated that latex particles are a core-shell structure. By analyzing the spectrums of FTIR and ¹H-NMR, it can be indicated that H-PDMS had reacted with acrylate monomer resulting chemical bond formation. The core-shell structure and chemical bond play an important role to restrain phase separation of composite emulsion and enhance the stability of the emulsion. By analyzing the surface tension, apparent viscosity and morphological structure, the results showed that the stable composite emulsion system can be obtained in which the average latex particle size was smaller than 90 nm when weight fraction of H-PDMS is below 16% (based on the weight of acrylate monomer), the stable emulsion system can be obtained in which the average latex particle size becomes larger than 90 nm when the weight fraction of H-PDMS is above 20% of the acrylate monomer. The DSC demonstrated that the T_g of pure polyacrylate is 49°C, and there is only one T_g (35°C) when the weight fraction of H-PDMS is 13%, but there are two T_g (15°C and 25°C) when the weight fraction of H-PDMS is 16%. In addition, the water resistance and heat-aging resistance of composite latex membrane enhanced gradually with the increase of amount of H-PDMS.