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Estimation of water absorption state within ionized carboxylated polymer particles with high sensitive differential scanning calorimetry

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Glass transition temperature (Tg) of submicron-sized, carboxylated polymer particles dispersed in aqueous media, which were prepared by emulsion copolymerization of styrene, iso-butyl methacrylate, or methyl methacrylate with methacrylic acid, was measured at alkali or acidic pH region with a power compensation-type high sensitive differential scanning calorimeter. The Tg of relatively hydrophilic polymer particles was obviously decreased by the neutralization of the carboxyl groups with KOH, whereas that of hydrophobic polymer particles was not changed though water was absorbed therein. These results indicate that water absorption state, which means not only the amount of water absorption but also the heterogeneity of the ionized carboxylated polymer particles, markedly depends on the hydrophilicity of their base polymers. This strongly supports the formation mechanism of multihollow particles by the stepwise alkali/acid or the alkali/cooling treatments of carboxylated polymer particles proposed by the authors.

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  1. Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Mayuko Inoue & Masayoshi Okubo

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan

    Toyoko Suzuki & Masayoshi Okubo

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Part CCLXIX of the series, “Studies on Suspension and Emulsion.”

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Suzuki, T., Inoue, M. & Okubo, M. Estimation of water absorption state within ionized carboxylated polymer particles with high sensitive differential scanning calorimetry. Colloid Polym Sci 284, 802–806 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-005-1445-8

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