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Electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy has been used to obtain information on chain mobility in spin-doped poly[styrene-co-(sodium methacrylate)] random ionomers. The results show that spin probe molecules randomly dispersed in ionomers respond to the matrix glass transition. However, when the probe molecules are anchored to the ionic multiplets, their mobility is reduced, indicating that the polymer segments adjacent to the ionic multiplets are constrained, and their mobility is restricted. Significant motions of the probe molecules start only when the kinetics of the ion-hopping process becomes relevant. Plasticization of the ionomers with polystyrene oligomers allowed for the simultaneous observation of two different mobility regimes, assigned to the matrix and cluster phases. These findings support the suggestion, which is a major component of the EHM model for the morphology of random ionomers, that regions of restricted mobility exist around the ionic multiplets.

The efficiency of several α‐diketones as visible light photoinitiators for the crosslinking of waterborne latex dispersions in the presence of acrylic monomers was evaluated. Among the eight α‐diketones studied, camphorquinone allows the fastest curing speed, and the curing of the acrylic waterborne coating is not affected by the presence of oxygen. The properties of the sunlight‐cured volatile organic compound (VOC)‐free pigmented paints prepared from the waterborne latex are as good or better than the equivalent conventional paint containing VOCs. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 40: 3171–3181, 2002

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