Journal
PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS
Volume 63, Issue 2, Pages 175-181Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2008.05.007
Keywords
emulsion polymerisation; functionalised acrylic lattices; core-shell microgels; microgel swelling; network precursors
Funding
- The Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic [MSM 0021627501]
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The influence of hydroxyl-functionalised acrylic core-shell microgels incorporated into a solvent-borne acrylic binder system on the properties of coatings is described in this paper. Our approach has been to show the usefulness of prepared functionalised microgels as coating modifiers. This subject was shown to be connected with the selection of an appropriate solvent with good affinity for microgels and the film-forming polymer. Therefore the swelling behaviour of microgels in selected solvents as a function of microgel composition is discussed as well. The structured microgels were prepared by first making an aqueous emulsion via the semi-batch emulsion copolymerisation, then dehydrating the system by air drying followed by grinding in a mill. The resulting agglomerates of spherical microgel particles were dispersed in convenient organic solvent media and after that added to the thermosetting solvent-borne acrylic binder system. It was shown that the application of core-shell microgels did not affect the surface appearance and transparency of coatings. Moreover, the presence of microgel network precursors improved corrosion resistance of coatings. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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