کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5186842 | 1381115 | 2005 | 9 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Sulfur dioxide, zwitterionic monomer, 3-(N,N-diallylammonio)propanesulfonate and a hydrophobic monomer N,N-diallyl-N-octadecylammonium chloride were cycloterpolymerized in dimethyl sulfoxide using azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as the initiator to afford water-insoluble polysulfobetaines (PSB) in excellent yields. The PSBs were converted into the corresponding anionic polyelectrolyte (APE) by treatment with 1Â equiv. of sodium hydroxide. Treating the pH-responsive PSB polymers with different equivalents of NaOH varied the zwitterionic and anionic charge densities in the polymer chain. The polymer chains with zwitterionic fraction greater than 0.5 were found to be insoluble in water. The solution properties of the APE and PSB/APE systems containing varying amount of the hydrophobic monomers in the range 0-10Â mol% were investigated by viscometric techniques. It was found that PSB/APE polymer with a ratio of 33:67 for the zwitterionic and anionic fractions in the polymer chains, respectively, gave the highest viscosity value. The polymer concentration (C*HA) of around 1Â g/dl was required for the manifestation of significant hydrophobic associations. The polymer solutions exhibited sharp increase in viscosity with increasing polymer concentrations in salt (NaCl)-free as well as salt-added solutions. The presence of sodium chloride is shown to enhance intermolecular associations in polymers having hydrophobes in the lower mol% range, whereas, intramolecular associations were manifested in polymers containing higher proportions of the hydrophobes.
Journal: Polymer - Volume 46, Issue 24, 21 November 2005, Pages 10709-10717