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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 44, Issue 10, Pages 3688-3693Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ma200249q
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- National Sciences and Engineering Research Council
- Ontario Research Chairs
- Canada Research Chairs Program
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Polystyrene latexes prepared using a carbon dioxide switchable amidine surfactant and a switchable free radical initiator can be aggregated using only nitrogen and gentle heat and redispersed using carbon dioxide and sonication. The long-term colloidal stability of the redispersed latexes is excellent provided they are maintained under a carbon dioxide atmosphere. Redispersion of the particles is most effective when both the surfactant and the initiator contain switchable amidine moieties. The zeta potential of the original particles (with the switchable surfactant/initiator in their active form) decreases when the surfactant and initiator are converted to their inactive form upon addition of nitrogen and heat. Zeta potential is restored to its original value upon conversion of the surfactant and initiator to their active forms with carbon dioxide addition. This is the first report of redispersible polymer colloids that can be aggregated by reduction of surface charge, without requiring added acid or base solution. These switchable latexes demonstrate the future potential for switchable polymer colloids, capable of undergoing multiple reversible aggregation-redispersion cycles.
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