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Micellar polymerization of alkylammonium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonates in the solvents of different polarities and properties of resulting polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes

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Polymerization of formerly described novel surfmers polymerizable by counterion has been reported. Dodecylammonium, cetylammonium, and cetyltrimethylammonium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonates were polymerized in water-dioxane mixtures in a wide range of concentrations of the solvents and in some organic solvents as well. The resulting polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes precipitated from water-dioxane mixtures. Molecular weights and polymerization yields of the products were the highest at high and low water contents in the reaction mixture, whereas the lowest polymerization degrees and yields conform to solutions, containing 20 % of water. It has been found that the morphology of the precipitated aggregates formed in low-polarity solvents differs considerably from that formed in water. Polymerization in organic media depends strongly on the polarity of the solvent. Contributions of electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions in the structure formation of the complexes were estimated qualitatively.

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The authors are grateful for the financial support of Russian Foundation for Basic Researches (grants nos. 12-03-00746, 13-03-00474 and 15-03-08690). SEM images were obtained in the Interdisciplinary Resource Center for Nanotechnology. SAXD data were obtained in the Resource Center for Methods of Analysis of Composite Materials of St. Petersburg State University.

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    A. Yu Bilibin, T. M. Shcherbinina, Yu. A. Kondratenko, N. A. Zorina & I. M. Zorin

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Bilibin, A.Y., Shcherbinina, T.M., Kondratenko, Y.A. et al. Micellar polymerization of alkylammonium 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonates in the solvents of different polarities and properties of resulting polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes. Colloid Polym Sci 293, 1215–1225 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-015-3497-8

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