Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (2): 366.

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Studies on Dispersion Copolymerization of St-AA-EGDMA for Preparing Monodisperse Micron-size Functional Microspheres

ZHANG Hong-Tao, LÜ Rui, CHEN Min   

  1. Faculty of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
  • Received:2002-11-29 Online:2004-02-24 Published:2004-02-24

Abstract: Dispersion copolymerization of styrene(St), acrylic acid(AA) as functional monomer and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate(EGDMA) as the crosslinking monomer was carried out in ethanol/water mixture as the media by using poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone)(PVP), 2,2-azo-bisisobutyronitrile(AIBN) as the stabilizer and initiator, respectively. Monodisperse micron-size crosslinked polystyrene microspheres-containing carboxyl were directly prepared by one-step method of dispersion copolymerization. Polymerization kinetics was researched and kinetics formula, Rp=k[I]0.13([St]1.87+[AA]0.13+[EGDMA]0.2)·({1+[PVP]0.2)exp(-E/RT), was rendered. The effects of concentration of AA, EGDMA, PVP and solvent polarity on the carboxyl distribution were discussed in detail. The effects of concentration of AA and EGDMA on particle morphology, particle size and size distribution and carboxyl distribution were also researched.

Key words: Dispersion polymerization, Carboxyl, Polymer microsphere, Crosslinking

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