反相乳液共聚合制备两性丙烯酰胺共聚物的研究

采用Span80-Tween80复合乳化剂和AIBA引发剂,进行丙烯酸钠(NaAA)/丙烯酰胺(AM)/丙烯酰氧基乙基三甲基氯化铵(DAC)反相乳液共聚合.研究了聚合温度、引发剂用量、单体浓度、共聚单体中DAC和AM含量、乳化剂用量及其HLB值、水/油比和水相pH值等聚合反应工艺条件或参数对聚合反应单体转化率和聚合物特性粘度的影响,聚合物特性粘度随引发剂用量和单体浓度的增大而增大的实验结果证实了该两性丙烯酰胺共聚物反相乳液制备过程中凝胶效应的存在.傅立叶红外光谱组成分析表明了两性丙烯酰胺共聚物的成功合成,扫描电镜观测乳胶粒粒径范围在0.6~8.0μm.     

改性丙烯酸乳液合成及性能研究

通过核壳乳液聚合法合成了烷基丙烯酸酯磷酸酯改性的丙烯酸乳液,讨论了聚合温度、乳化剂、磷酸酯的加入方式和用量、pH值等因素对乳液合成以及涂膜性能的影响。结果表明:聚合温度控制在75～80℃之间较为合适,使用了烷基丙烯酸酯磷酸酯进行改性的乳液,单体转化率和固含量提高,凝胶率以及涂膜吸水率明显下降,乳液的稳定性得到提升。当聚合温度为78℃,磷酸酯占单体总质量0.5%(wt)、反应体系pH值在5左右以及采用延后滴加磷酸酯单体的方式时,能够提高乳液耐水等性能以及涂膜的交联度,合成性能优异的磷酸酯改性丙烯酸乳液。     

苯丙乳液合成反应条件优化

以苯乙烯、丙烯酸、丙烯酸丁酯、甲基丙烯酸甲酯等为单体,采用乳液聚合制备了苯丙乳液,研究了合成温度、引发剂用量、乳化剂用量、功能性单体丙烯酸用量等反应条件对苯丙乳液性能的影响,并探讨了丙烯酸单体对乳液耐酸碱稳定性的影响,确定了合成反应条件.结果表明,随着合成温度的提高,混合单体的转化率迅速增加,78℃时转化率最大(达到97.1%),而后随温度继续提高基本保持不变.混合单体转化率随过硫酸钾引发剂用量的增加呈现先增加后逐渐降低的趋势,当过硫酸钾与混合单体质量比为0.010时转化率最大,此时单体转化完全.此外,随着乳化剂用量增加,乳液的外观、钙离子稳定性、凝胶等性能都有所提高,但吸水率也相应增加.最佳合成反应条件为:合成温度为78℃,混合单体组成为15g苯乙烯、2g丙烯酸、18g丙烯酸丁酯、8g甲基丙烯酸甲酯,引发剂和乳化剂与单体质量比分别为0.010和0.035.得到的苯丙乳液在酸性条件下具有良好的稳定性.     

丙烯酸酯纳米乳液的制备与表征

将甲基丙烯酸羟乙酯(HEMA)与甲基丙烯酸(MAA)或丙烯酸(AA)用作甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)／丙烯酸丁酯(BA)乳液聚合体系的反应性助乳化剂，采用一种改进的微乳液聚合方法，合成了高单体／乳化剂比例(大于40：1)的聚丙烯酸酯纳米乳液．讨论了引发剂、乳化剂、助乳化别对乳胶粒大小和胶膜吸水率的影响，并对乳液的流体力学行为，共聚物的拉伸行为及耐水性等进行了研究．     

光致变色含氟丙烯酸酯涂层的制备及性能

选取十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS),辛基苯基聚氧乙烯醚(OP-10)为复合乳化剂,过硫酸钾(KPS)为引发剂,将2-(全氟己基)乙基甲基丙烯酸酯(PFM)与丙烯酸酯类单体采用预乳化-半连续种子乳液聚合法进行乳液共聚,再将羟基螺吡喃(SPOH)与乳液进行物理共混,制得光致变色含氟丙烯酸酯乳液。 通过多种表征手段研究丙烯酸正丁酯(n-BA)和甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)软硬单体的质量比,SPOH的用量对聚合反应和乳胶膜性能的影响。 结果表明,加入含氟单体后乳胶膜与水、油的接触角提高,热稳定性提高;加入SPOH的质量分数为1.25%时,乳胶膜具有较好的光致变色性能。     

反相乳液聚合法制备丙烯酰胺-丙烯酸铵共聚物

以煤油为连续相,水为分散相,Span-80/Tween-80为复配乳化剂,过硫酸铵为引发剂,丙烯酰胺、丙烯酸和氨水为原料,采用反相乳液聚合法合成了丙烯酰胺-丙烯酸铵共聚物絮凝剂.考察了乳化剂种类及用量、引发剂浓度、单体浓度、EDTA用量、聚合温度等对共聚物特性黏数的影响.确定了最佳实验条件,利用FTIR对样品进行了表征.     

氟代丙烯酸酯三元共聚物细乳液的合成与表征

在低乳化剂用量和不加助乳化剂的条件下,采用细乳液聚合方法,合成了平均粒径在110～150nm的氟代丙烯酸酯(FA)、甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)及甲基丙烯酸丁酯(BMA)三元共聚物乳液.利用GPC,FTIR及¹HNMR谱表征了共聚物分子量和结构组成,采用激光光散射法研究了聚合过程中粒径变化规律,通过接触角方法对共聚物表面性能进行了表征.结果表明,油溶性引发剂AIBN引发FA-MMA-BMA三元细乳液共聚合的主要成核场所为单体液滴.即每个单体液滴都是一个独立的微型反应器,可避免因为单体水溶性的差异而使共聚组成产生漂移.细乳液聚合合成含氟共聚物乳液的分子量分布窄(1.3～1.5),乳液稳定性能好,共聚物在低含氟量下即表现出优异的疏水疏油性能.     

超浓反相聚合物乳液的粒径双峰分布特征及其与稳定性的关系

以丙烯酸、丙烯酰胺、2-丙烯酰胺基-2-甲基丙磺酸作为混合单体,Span-80和Tween-60作为复合乳化剂、采用氧化还原引发体系在常温下引发聚合,制备了稳定的超浓反相聚合物乳液,同时制备了低分散相体积分数的普通乳液及由普通乳液离心得到的超浓反相聚合物乳液作为对比研究.用显微镜观察了乳胶粒的形态,统计计算了乳胶粒粒径...     

离心系数表征丙烯酰胺反相乳液的稳定性

用丙烯酰胺反相乳液经离心处理后保留的乳液体积与原乳液体积之比（离心系数Vr）考察了丙烯酰胺及其衍生物反相乳液的稳定性。 结果表明,离心系数Vr越大,其乳液的稳定性越好。 在高速离心条件下,由Span80/Span85和Tween80构成的丙烯酰胺及其衍生物反相乳液的Vr与油相质量分数存在正相关的关系。 在油相质量分数确定的情况下,离心系数Vr不仅与3种表面活性剂构成的亲水亲油平衡值（HLB）有关,而且与丙烯酰胺及其衍生物的浓度和类型有关。 HLB值在4.20左右时,乳液是稳定的;随丙烯酸氧乙基三甲基氯化铵（DAC）在水相中质量分数的提高,反相乳液稳定性增强,w(DAC)＞24%时可得到稳定乳液。 在15000 r/min离心3 min,Vr=0.95以上的丙烯酰胺及其衍生物反相乳液很稳定,静置半年仍未出现分层现象。     

阳离子丙烯酸树脂乳液涂饰剂的合成研究

以丙烯酸二乙氨基乙酯及其它丙烯酸酯类、乙烯基类单体作为共聚单体,以过醋酸-双氧水为引发体系,采用核-壳乳液共聚方法,对阳离子丙烯酸树脂的合成进行了研究,结果表明;引发剂体系和乳化剂体系对乳液的性能、乳胶粒的形态结构、聚合物的性能以及工艺过程的平稳性至关重要。该项研究为阳离子丙烯酸系聚合物在制革业中的广泛应用奠定了基础。     

Quantification of unadsorbed protein and surfactant emulsifiers in oil-in-water emulsions

Unadsorbed emulsifiers affect the physical and chemical behaviour of oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions. A simple methodology to quantify unadsorbed emulsifiers in the aqueous phase of O/W emulsions has been developed. Emulsions were centrifuged and filtered to separate the aqueous phase from the oil droplets and the concentration of unadsorbed emulsifiers in the aqueous phase determined. The quantification of unadsorbed surfactants based on the direct transesterification of their fatty acids was validated for Tween 20, Tween 80, citric acid ester (Citrem), Span 20 and monolauroyl glycerol. To determine unadsorbed proteins, results obtained with Folin-Ciocalteu reagent or UV-spectrophotometry were compared on emulsions stabilized by β-lactoglobulin (BLG), β-casein (BCN) or bovine serum albumin (BSA). The first method gave more accurate results especially during aging of emulsions in oxidative conditions. The whole methodology was applied to emulsions stabilized with single or mixed emulsifiers. This approach enables optimization of emulsion formulations and could be useful to follow changes in the levels of unadsorbed emulsifiers during physical or chemical aging processes.     

Phase transitions in O/W lauryl acrylate emulsions during phase inversion,studied by light microscopy and cryo-TEM

Phase changes during the preparation of nano-emulsions containing polymerizable monomer as the oil phase, by the phase inversion temperature technique (PIT), were investigated using light microscopy, cryo-TEM and viscosity measurements. The nano-emulsions were prepared using a poly(oxyethylene) nonionic surfactant and a polymerizable acrylic monomer (lauryl acrylate) as the oil phase. Inversion of the emulsion, followed by rapid cooling, resulted in emulsions having an average droplet size as low as 25 nm. Cryo-TEM was used to observe the structures that are present above and below the phase transition temperature, and gave, for the first time, visual indication of the presence of a microemulsion and a locally ordered structure in the process. At high surfactant concentrations, the inversion–cooling process yields emulsions with unique structures, in which the oil phase is present as worm-like structures.     

Preparation of Thermally Regenerable Ion-Exchange Resins by Polymerizing a Heterogeneous Mixture of Monomers

Crossinked resin beads containing regions of acidic and basic groups are the preferred structures for the efficient operation of a thermally regenerable ion-exchange process. In the present study they were prepared by polymerizing a heterogeneous mixture of acrylic esters and allylamines. Polymerization of unstable emulsions of acrylic esters and allylamines by heating the stirred emulsions gave very hard, strong resins which after hydrolysis had good acid, amine and thermally regenerable capacities. The thermally regenerable capacity depended very much on the nature of the acrylic ester and the allylamine. The order of increasing thermally regenerable capacity for the resins prepared is methyl acrylate (MA)/triallylamine (TAA), MA/diallylamine (DAA), MA/methyldiallylamine (MDAA) < ethyl acrylate (EA)/TAA, EA/DAA < EA/MDAA, butyl acrylate/MDAA. The dispersion of the unstable emulsions in a third phase resulted in immediate breakdown of the emulsion. The dispersion of partly prepolymerized emulsions in a third phase of paraffin oil containing talc, followed by completion of the polymerization and hydrolysis, gave hard resin beads with acid, amine and thermally regenerable capacities comparable to those prepared as a two-phase emulsion. Their shape, size, strength, and degree of agglomeration depended on the stirring rate, the shape and material of construction of the stirrer, the potential acid/base ratio of the monomers, the nature of the solid dispersant, and the acrylic ester and the allylamine. Satisfactory resin beads could be obtained from only the MA/TAA and MA/DAA combinations which are those that give resins with the poorest thermally regenerable capacities. Partial prepolymerization of the two-phase emulsion is easy on the laboratory scale, but would be impracticable on the commercial scale. Although polymeric dispersants gave stable two-phase emulsions, the amine monomer migrated into an aqueous third phase more rapidly than it polymerized.     

Highly hydrophobically modified polyelectrolytes: Field variables to control emulsion type

Highly hydrophobically modified (with n-dodecylamide chain) linear poly(acrylic acid)s (HHMPAAH) and poly(sodium acrylate)s (HHMPAANa) with various degrees of grafting (τ) were synthesized and used as emulsifiers of the n-dodecane/water system. The type of emulsion, oil in water (O/W) or water in oil (W/O), was investigated as a function of the polymer chemical structure (τ, salt or acid form of the copolymer) and aqueous phase electrolyte concentration (NaNO₃). Increasing τ and/or salt concentration was found to favor the formation of inverse emulsions. Direct liquid–liquid dispersions are more likely to form with poly(sodium acrylate)s than with poly(acrylic acid)s. Hence, field variables such as τ, pH and ionic strength are relevant parameters to control emulsion type. Moreover, a balanced polyelectrolyte neither soluble in oil nor in water was synthesized for the first time. With this original emulsifier, the dispersion type was found to change from O/W to W/O with polymer salting out. The work provides convenient model system for fundamental studies of polymer conformation at liquid–liquid interfaces. Received: 31 March 1998 Accepted: 30 April 1998     

Oil Base Mud. Part I: Synthesis of Some Local Surfactants Used as Primary Emulsifiers for Oil Base Mud and Evaluation of Their Rheology Properties

Six oil soluble nonionic surfactants with different HLBs have been prepared. Their HLBs situate between 3.9 and 6.7. Transesterification was carried out for glycerol and triethanol amine with oleic acid at different moles to obtain six emusilifiers. They named glycerol momooleate (I), glycerol diooleate (II), glycerol trioleate (III), triethanol amine mono-, di- and tri-oleate (IV), (V,) and (VI). The chemical structure was confirmed using; the elemental analysis, FTIR and ¹HNMR. They were evaluated as a primary emulsifiers (PE) for thdrilling fluids (oil base mud) comparing with a currently used primary emulsifier (Fc). The water in oil base mud (w/o emulsions) was prepared. The concentration of emulsifiers and their HLB exhibited interesting rheology properties including shear-thinning behavior, yield value, viscoelastic effects, thixtropy, gel strength, and filtration loss. The rheology properties of such emulsions strongly depended on the average size distribution of the dispersed droplets that could be varied both with the bulk concentration and HLB value of the emulsifiers. The interfacial and surface properties of these emulsifiers suggest that the droplet size of the dispersed phase and bulk concentration are strongly related to the HLB value of emulsifiers. The w/o emulsion (mud formulation) stability is sensitive to the droplet size of the dispersed phase and HLB value of the used emulsifier. The results were discussed on the light the chemical structure of the primary emulsifiers and the emulsion ingredients.     

Effects of compositions on the stability of polyols-in-oil-in-water (P/O/W) multiple emulsions

Polyols-in-oil-in-water (P/O/W) multiple emulsions were successfully prepared by using polyols as inner aqueous phase to avoid instabilities caused by water. The influence of polyols, oils and emulsifiers on the morphology and stability of P/O/W multiple emulsions were studied and the stability mechanisms of this new kind of multiple emulsions were also explored. Glycerol that has the worst solubility in oil phase contributed to the formation of stable inner droplets which agree with the Ostwald Ripening theory. Mineral oil worked well with the system proving that oils possessing similar solubility parameters with the hydrophobic group of emulsifiers benefited for system stability. Several typical surfactants had been investigated in this article, and it turned out that emulsifiers Cetyl PEG/PPG-10/1 Dimethicone and the block copolymer Poloxamer 407 were suitable for the P/O/W system. The stability of the system affected by different compositions was evaluated based on microscopic observation and rheological measurements. The novel multiple emulsions will provide enlightening recommendations for future investigations and applications in cosmetic, food and pharmaceuticals, including drug delivery and the encapsulation of hydrophilic actives and actives that are soluble in polyols.     

Fabrication of macroporous foam and microspheres of polystyrene by Pickering emulsion polymerization

Poly(styrene-co-methacrylic acid) (PS-co-MAA) particles were synthesized via surfactant-free emulsion polymerization and then used as particulate emulsifiers for preparation of Pickering emulsions. Our results showed that adjusting the solution pH can tune the wettability of PS-co-MAA particles to stabilize either water-in-oil (W/O) or oil-in-water (O/W) Pickering emulsions. Stable W/O emulsions were obtained with PS-co-MAA particles at low pH values due to their better affinity to the dispersed oil phase. In contrast, increasing the pH value significantly changed the stabilizing behavior of the PS-co-MAA particles, leading to the phase inversion and formation of stable O/W emulsions. We found that the oil/water ratio had a significant influence on pH value of the phase inversion. It decreased with decreasing the oil/water ratio, and no phase inversion occurred when the styrene volume fraction reduced to 10 %. Additionally, macroporous polystyrene (PS) foam and PS microspheres were obtained via polymerization of Pickering high internal phase emulsion (Pickering HIPE) and O/W Pickering emulsion, respectively.     

Macroporous polymers obtained in highly concentrated emulsions stabilized solely with magnetic nanoparticles

Magnetic macroporous polymers have been successfully prepared using Pickering high internal phase ratio emulsions (HIPEs) as templates. To stabilize the HIPEs, two types of oleic acid-modified iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) were used as emulsifiers. The results revealed that partially hydrophobic NPs could stabilize W/O HIPEs with an internal phase above 90%. Depending upon the oleic acid content, the nanoparticles showed either an arrangement at the oil-water interface or a partial dispersion into the oil phase. Such different abilities to migrate to the interface had significant effects on the maximum internal phase fraction achievable and the droplet size distribution of the emulsions. Highly macroporous composite polymers were obtained by polymerization in the external phase of these emulsions. The density, porosity, pore morphology and magnetic properties were characterized as a function of the oleic acid content, concentration of NPs, and internal phase volume of the initial HIPEs. SEM imaging indicated that a close-cell structure was obtained. Furthermore, the composite materials showed superparamagnetic behavior and a relatively high magnetic moment.     

Emulsifying potency of new amino acid-type surfactant (II): stable water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions containing 85 wt% inner water phase

The ternary phase diagram for N-[3-lauryloxy-2-hydroxypropyl]-L-arginine L-glutamate (C12HEA-Glu), a new amino acid-type surfactant, /oleic acid (OA)/water system was established. The liquid crystal and gel complex formations between C12HEA-Glu and OA were applied to a preparation of water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions. Stable W/O emulsions containing liquid paraffin (LP) as the oil and a mixture of C12HEA-Glu and OA as the emulsifier were formed. The preparation of stable W/O emulsions containing 85 wt% water phase was also possible, in which water droplets would be polygonally transformed and closely packed, since the maximum percentage of inner phase is 74% assuming uniformly spherical droplets. Water droplets would be taken into the liquid crystalline phase (or the gel complex) and the immovable water droplets would stabilize the W/O emulsion system. The viscosity of emulsions abruptly increased above the 75 wt% water phase (dispersed phase). The stability of W/O emulsions with a lower weight ratio of OA to C12HEA-Glu and a higher ratio of water phase was greater. This unusual phenomenon may be related to the formation of a liquid crystalline phase between C12HEA-Glu and OA, and the stability of the liquid crystal at a lower ratio of oil (continuous phase). W/O and oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions containing LP were selectively prepared using a mixture of C12HEA-Glu and OA since the desirable hydrophile-lipophile balance (HLB) number for the emulsification was obtainable by mixing the two emulsifiers.     

Synthesis of millimeter‐sized hydrogel beads by inverse Pickering polymerization using starch‐based nanoparticles as emulsifier

The preparation of millimeter‐sized poly(acrylamide‐co‐acrylic acid) hydrogel beads via inverse Pickering emulsion polymerization using starch‐based nanoparticles (SNPs) as stabilizers is reported. Amphiphilic starch is fabricated by the introduction of butyl glycidyl ether groups and palmitate groups, and the hydrophobically modified SNPs are fabricated by a nanoprecipitation process. The obtained SNPs could adsorb at oil‐water interfaces to stabilize an inverse Pickering emulsion, and the effects of oil/water volume fraction ratio and SNP concentration on emulsions are comprehensively studied. Poly(acrylamide‐co‐acrylic acid) hydrogel beads with a size of approximately 1 mm are obtained by inverse Pickering emulsion polymerization stabilized by SNPs. The morphology and structure of hydrogel beads are extensively investigated, which confirms that SNPs locate on the surface of hydrogel beads and act as emulsifiers and network structures present inside the beads. Polymerization is also detected to investigate the potential formation mechanism of hydrogel beads. The pH‐responsive property of hydrogel beads and its potential application for drug delivery are also explored.