Cross-linked poly(acrylic acid) microgels from precipitation polymerization

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1257-1264

  Es haghi, H ^a   Bouhendi, H ^b   Bagheri Marandi, Gh ^a   Zohurian Mehr, M J ^b   Kabiry, K ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b IRAN POLYMER AND PETROCHEMICAL INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Microgels; Poly(acrylic acid); Precipitation polymerization; Rheology

Indexed keywords

AZOBISISOBUTYRONITRILE; CROSSLINKER; EQUILIBRIUM SWELLING; FLORY-REHNER EQUATION; GEL CONTENTS; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; METHYLENEBISACRYLAMIDE; MICRO-GELS; NETWORK STRUCTURES; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID ); PRECIPITATION POLYMERIZATIONS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; ROTATIONAL VISCOSITY; RUBBER ELASTICITY THEORY; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELASTICITY; GELS; GLASS TRANSITION; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 77956696046     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2010.496421     Document Type: Article

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