Influence of various reaction media on the thermal and rheological properties of poly(acrylamide‐co‐N‐hexadecylacrylamide)

Abstract

A hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide (PAM) was synthesized by the copolymerization of acrylamide (Am) and N-hexadecylacrylamide (hAm) through solution copolymerization in a polar organic solvent. Polymer synthesis was performed in three nonaqueous media, including dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), a mixture of DMSO and an anionic surfactant such as sodium dodecyl sulfate, and a mixture of DMSO and an acidic surfactant such as dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid. The obtained copolymer, poly(acrylamide-co-N-hexadecylacrylamide) [poly(Am-co-hAm)], was characterized by 1 H-NMR. The physical properties of poly(Amco-hAm)s synthesized in different media were compared with those of PAM and with each other by viscosity measurement, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry. We investigated the ways in which the polymerization medium affected the hydrophobic distribution within the resulting copolymer structure. This aspect, in turn, should have altered the solution properties and the microstructure of the copolymer. For this purpose, we studied the viscometric behavior in diluted solutions, the thermal behavior and thermal stability of the copolymers, and finally, the crystalline structure of the copolymers.

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“…S5. † DSC curves of polymers showed initial broad endothermic transitions related to T g of polymer between 60 and 70 C. 60,62 Deep, broad transition up to 250 C is related to the onset of thermal degradation of polymer. Peak temperatures for T g as the midpoint of transition and enthalpy of glass transitions (DH g ) of samples are presented in Table 1.…”

“…59 Initial stages, in the temperature range of $250-400 C, are referred to weak bonds include head-to-head linkages and end-chain unsaturation and also to imine reaction of the amide groups in poly acrylamide segments. 60 Stage 2 occurred beyond $390 C was assigned to the random scission of polymer backbone. 59 At $450 C, all of poly(acrylamide-co-EGDMA) backbones were decomposed completely.…”