Zhejiang Sci-tech University

Jiawei Li

Lei Zhao

Dongming Qi

Guiping He

Fenping Wang

A method for synthesizing a polymer/pigment hybrid latex through sulfur-free and soap-free in-situ reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) emulsion copolymerization includes the following: dispersing a pigment with a reactive emulsifier to prepare a pigment dispersion; synthesizing an amphiphilic sulfur-free ω-vinyl-terminated polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) macromolecular RAFT agent in-situ on a surface of pigment particles through catalytic chain transfer polymerization (CCTP); and adding an acrylate monomer dropwise, allowing in-situ sulfur-free RAFT polymerization on a surface of pigment particles through the RAFT agent, and adjusting a structure and a composition of an encapsulated polymer layer to obtain a series of uniformly encapsulated and stably dispersed polymer/organic pigment hybrid latexes. The new hybrid latex prepared through sulfur-free and soap-free in-situ RAFT emulsion copolymerization has the characteristics of high dispersion stability, high pigment encapsulation efficiency, clear encapsulated polymer layer sequence, controllable structure, etc., which is suitable for surface encapsulation modification of various pigments.

Method for synthesizing polymer/pigment hybrid latex through sulfur-free and soap-free in-situ reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) emulsion copolymerization

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Jiawei Li