title: Synthesis and solution rheology of poly[(stearyl methacrylate)-stat-([2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] trimethyl ammonium iodide)].
abstract: Poly([stearyl methacrylate]-stat-[2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate]) was synthesised through radical polymerisation using 1,1-diphenyl ethylene (DPE) as a molecular weight controlling agent. The amino groups were further quaternised into a cationic form in order to increase water solubility. Solubility of the polymers in water and a mixed solvent was studied with rotational rheometry. The resulting poly[(stearyl methacrylate)-stat-([2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] trimethyl ammonium iodide)] was soluble in water when the amount of stearyl methacrylate (SMA) in the polymer was less than 17 mol%. At higher SMA content, solubility strongly decreased but could be improved by using an organic co-solvent. Viscosity of the SMA-based statistical co-polymers is strongly dependent on polymer composition but solvent quality also has an influence, and the fluidic character can be either Newtonian or shear-thinning, or a weak gel can be formed. Concentration dependence behaviour deviates from that of typical polyelectrolytes. SMA polymers retain low viscosity up to rather high concentrations, but above a certain limiting concentration, the viscosity rapidly increases. This phenomenon is stronger with a higher amount of hydrophobic side-chain. At high co-polymer concentrations no entanglement formation was observed, and rheological behaviour indicates that SMA segments form aggregates in water solution.
authors: Aalto University School of Science and Technology, Polymer Technology Research Group, P.O. Box 16100, FIN-00076 Aalto, Finland.
authors: Arja-Helena
authors: AH
authors: Vesterinen
authors: Jaana
authors: J
authors: Rich
authors: Jukka
authors: J
authors: Seppälä
mesh_terms: D015394:Molecular Structure; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D011109:Polymethacrylic Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012212:Rheology; D012995:Solubility; D012996:Solutions; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D011109:Polymethacrylic Acids; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D012996:Solutions; C554832:poly((stearyl methacrylate)-stat-(2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate))