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POLYMERS
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym13050809
Keywords
polyacrylate; water-based latex; Pickering emulsion; microencapsulation; controlled release
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The combination of different acrylate-based polymers improved the performance of polyacrylate microcapsules, demonstrating high stability and efficiency. Through the synthesis of complex BUMA based terpolymers and linear copolymers, slow and fast releasing microcapsules were achieved for controlled release of active substances.
Despite the poor photochemical stability of capsules walls, polyacrylate is one of the most successful polymers for microencapsulation. To improve polyacrylate performance, the combined use of different acrylate-based polymers could be exploited. Herein butyl methacrylate (BUMA)-based lattices were obtained via free radical polymerization in water by adding (i) methacrylic acid (MA)/methyl methacrylate (MMA) and (ii) methacrylamide (MAC) respectively, as an aqueous phase in Pickering emulsions, thanks to both the excellent polymer shells' stability and the high encapsulation efficiency. A series of BUMA_MA_MMA terpolymers with complex macromolecular structures and BUMA_MAC linear copolymers were synthesized and used as dispersing media of an active material. Rate and yield of encapsulation, active substance adsorption onto the polymer wall, capsule morphology, shelf-life and controlled release were investigated. The effectiveness of the prepared BUMA-based microcapsules was demonstrated: BUMA-based terpolymers together with the modified ones (BUMA_MAC) led to slow (within ca. 60 h) and fast (in around 10 h) releasing microcapsules, respectively.
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