Templating Polymerization of Dodecylammonium Surfactants with Polymerizable (Meth)acrylate Counter Ions |
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| Authors: | Patrice C Hartmann Ronald D Sanderson |
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| Institution: | UNESCO Associated Centre for Macromolecules, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, 7602 Matieland, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | Both dodecylammonium acrylate (I) and dodecylammonium methacrylate (II) are reactive surfactants in which the polymerizable group is the organic counterion. Templating polymerization of I and II from the lyotropic liquid crystalline (LLC) lamellar phase was successfully performed with conservation of the supramolecular structure. A 20 wt% aqueous solution of II formed cubic bicontinuous phases, even upon addition of divinyl benzene (DVB). Polymerization from the cubic phases was attempted without and with DVB (3 wt%). Bicontinuous cubic phases always evolved toward lamellar structures upon polymerization. |
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| Keywords: | surfactants templates |
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