Synthesis and Properties of Adhesive Polymer-Methylmethacrylate Materials
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Hindawi International Journal of Polymer Science Volume 2018, Article ID 4905304, 9 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4905304 Research Article Synthesis and Properties of Adhesive Polymer-Methylmethacrylate Materials Ulyana Khromiak ,1 Volodymyr Levytskyi,2 Kateryna Stepova,1 and Andry Tarnawsky1 1 Department of Environmental Safety, Lviv State University of Life Safety, 35 Kleparivska Str., Lviv 79000, Ukraine 2Department of Chemical Technology of Plastics Processing, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12 S. Bandery Str., Lviv 79013, Ukraine Correspondence should be addressed to Ulyana Khromiak; [email protected] Received 23 October 2017; Revised 2 February 2018; Accepted 21 February 2018; Published 27 March 2018 Academic Editor: Marta Fernandez-Garc´ ´ıa Copyright © 2018 Ulyana Khromiak et al. Tis is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Kinetics of emulsion polymerization of hydrophilic vinyl monomers in the presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone and technological principles of their synthesis are determined. Reasonable technological parameters in the synthesis of copolymers are determined. Physicochemical properties of the synthesized copolymers (surface tension, the size of latex particles, and pH) are determined. Synthesized graf copolymers were used to create high-adhesion polymer-monomer compositions. Tese compositions have high reactivity at room temperature. It can be regulated by the nature of the polymer matrix and the introduction of comonomers and fllers due to the infuence of physicochemical factors on the process of polymer formation. Te rate of polymerization and the degree of monomer conversion largely depend on the nature of the polymer matrix. Te highest polymerization rate and the maximum degree of conversion are observed when using a copolymer of polyvinylpyrrolidone and polymethylmethacrylate. Materials based on the developed compositions are characterized by a low residual monomer content and high operational properties, such as surface hardness, Vicat sofening temperature, and adhesive bond strength to supports of diferent nature. 1. Introduction in water and many aqueous organic media, high ability to complex formation, and high sorption characteristics are Te contemporary development of science and technology used as modifers [1, 2]. requires the creation of new polymer materials with a corre- Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and its copolymers belong to sponding set of special properties: high adhesion to supports such polymers. Due to their specifc properties, additional of diferent nature, high physicomechanical, thermophysical, opportunities for improving modern technologies [3, 4], and selective-sorption properties. Tese include low-toxic obtaining of new functionalized materials [5], and expanding adhesive polymer-monomer compositions of medical and the branches of their use are opened. general technical purposes. Monomer-polymer compositions are widely used in a Among the methods for preparation of such materials variety of industries especially as a basis for preparing mate- with the necessary properties the most interesting are those rials with enhanced adhesion properties. Among such mate- based on the modifcation of known industrial polymers in rials, acrylates based adhesives occupy a special place [6]. polymerization processes. Tese methods make it possible to First of all, the increased interest in acrylates-containing glues obtain polymer materials with the preferable set of techno- is caused by their high operational properties: cure speed, logical and operational properties at rather low material and adhesion to a variety of materials, strength and durability of energy costs. adhesive compounds, and their low toxicity [7]. In this regard, Te determining factor for most of the technologies these materials are widely used in a variety of industries, basedonthepreparationofmodifedpolymericmaterialsis namely, in medicine, dentistry, construction, engineering, modifer. Polymers with high surface activity, good solubility automotive, and electrical and textile industries [8]. It should 2 International Journal of Polymer Science be noted that the use of (meth)acrylic adhesives is expanding kinetics of the polymerization and therefore the technological in current conditions to solve many technological tasks [9]. features of the process and its productivity. Tis infuence Te main components of (meth)acrylic adhesives are is caused by changes in the interphase characteristics of the (meth)acrylic monomers or polymers, initiating systems, polymerization system, adsorption phenomena at the phase hardeners, stabilizers, and modifers. Methylmethacrylate boundary, and changes in the solubility of monomers in the (MMA) is ofen used as the main monomer in the dispersion medium with the active participation of the emul- (meth)acrylic adhesives. It provides high adhesive strength sifer. Emulsifers have to meet a number of requirements and is a good solvent for a number of polymers. When [13, 14]: high surface activity, ability to micellization, and combined with oils MMA makes it possible to glue untreated nontoxicity. surfaces. MMA has several disadvantages, in particular, Due to its properties and structure PVP can serve as an high volatility, pungent odor, and fre risk. It is used in emulsifer in the processes of emulsion polymerization and admixture with high boiling monomers such as hydroxyalkyl also be an efective polymer matrix, which actively partici- methacrylate, glycidyl methacrylate, and methacrylates of pates directly in the polymerization processes. It should be higher alcohols: tetrahydrofurfuryl-, diethylaminoethyl-, 2- notedthattheinfuenceoftheemulsiferontheregularities oxopropyl neopentyl-, and other glycolmethacrylates and of the emulsion polymerization of vinyl monomers primarily styrene [10–12]. resulted in change in the interphase characteristics of the Te aim of the work is the development of functionalized polymerization system and the solubility of the monomers in materials based on graf copolymers of polyvinylpyrrolidone the reaction medium. On the basis of the conducted studies, for high-adhesion methyl methacrylate-copolymer composi- it has been established that PVP macromolecules exhibit tions. high surface activity on the interphase surface of water- vinyl monomer. Tis activity increases with a decrease in the 2. Materials and Methods polarity of the monomer in the VA-MMA-styrene series. Tis is evidenced by the nature of the interphase tension isotherms Copolymers were synthesized by emulsion polymerization of in the vinyl monomer-aqueous PVP solution system, the PVP vinyl monomers in the presence of PVP,potassium persulfate, adsorption dependencies in the coordinates of the Langmuir ∘ or hydrogen peroxide at 60–70 C and the ratio of monomer: equation,themaximumvaluesoftheGibbsadsorption(�� = −6 2 aqueous phase = 1 : 3. 2.14 ⋅ 10 mol/m ), and adsorption work (� = 48.8 ⋅ −3 2 ad Te kinetics of the emulsion polymerization of the test 10 J/m ) for styrene. PVP has diferent efects on the total compositions were studied by dilatometric method for mea- (true and colloidal) solubility of vinyl monomers in aqueous suringthevolumechangeofthereactionmixtureduring solution. polymerization. Due to the increase of the PVP concentration up IR studies were carried out on a spectrograph “Specord- to 0.2 mol/l monomer concentration, solubility of MMA 75IR” at room temperature. Te spectra were recorded at increasesfrom0.15to0.22mol/l,forVAitdecreasesfrom0.33 the same intensity and the same scan rate between 400 and to 0.18, and for styrene it is almost unchangeable. Obviously it −1 4000 cm . is a consequence of specifc intermolecular interactions in the Te adhesive compositions were synthesized by the system that will afect the polymerization processes in these polymerization of MMA or a mixture thereof with other systems. monomers in the presence of synthesized copolymers at room High surface activity and solubilization ability of PVP temperature. To determine the properties of the adhesive prove its high efciency as an emulsifer in the processes compositions, a number of studies were carried out. Te of emulsion polymerization of vinyl monomers (KKM PVP, conversion degree of the monomer was determined by the 0.09–0.11 mole/liter monomer concentration). bromide-bromate method. Te surface hardness and Vicat Te efect of the monomer nature (MMA and styrene), sofeningtemperatureofthesamplesweremeasuredonthe concentration factors, temperature, and stirring rate on the Heppler consistometer. Adhesion was determined according kinetic regularities the of emulsion polymerization process to ISO 527-5: 2009. of vinyl monomers in the presence of PVP was established. Emulsion polymerization of vinyl monomers in the presence 3. Results and Discussion of PVP is characterized by a diferent rate depending on the nature of the monomer (Figure 1). 3.1. Technological and Kinetic Features of Emulsion Polymer- Obviously the features of the emulsion polymerization ization of Vinyl Monomers in the Presence of PVP. It has of vinyl monomers are caused by the dependence of the been established that the enhanced initiating ability of the mechanism of particle formation from the solubility of the series of (meth) acrylic monomers has graf copolymers of monomer in the aqueous solution of PVP: during the MMA PVP. Copolymers were synthesized on the basis