Hn. Xiao et al., THE ASSOCIATION OF AQUEOUS PHENOLIC RESIN WITH POLYETHYLENE OXIDE ANDPOLY(ACRYLAMIDE-CO-ETHYLENE GLYCOL), Journal of polymer science. Part A, Polymer chemistry, 33(15), 1995, pp. 2605-2612
Comb copolymers formed from acrylamide and poly(ethylene-glycol) metha
crylate macromonomer (PAM-co-PEG) were compared to poly(ethylene oxide
) (PEG) with respect to hydrogen bond complex formation with water-bor
ne phenolic resins. The behaviors of the two types of high molecular w
eight polyethers were similar. Complex formation gave a transient incr
ease in viscosity followed by precipitation. Copolymers with pendant P
EG chain lengths greater than or equal to 9 formed complexes with phen
olic resin whereas PEG homopolymer with a molecular weight of 2000 did
not form a complex. For both copolymer and high molecular weight PEG,
the tendency of the complex to precipitate increased when the pH was
decreased from 7 to 4. Acridine orange, a cationic dye, bound to the p
henolic resin and, after the addition of PEG, yielded visible complex
gels with diameters about 20 mu m. (C) 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.