Ev. Vorobeva et Np. Krutko, SURFACE-ACTIVE PROPERTIES OF A COPOLYMER OF METHACRYLIC-ACID WITH ALPHA-PINENE, Colloid journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 55(3), 1993, pp. 338-341
This article describes the synthesis of a new polymer surface-active a
gent: a copolymer of methacrylic acid with terpene (alpha-pinene). Res
ults are given from investigation of its surface activity at the phase
boundary in comparison with polymethacrylic acid. It was shown that t
he polymers' hydrophobicity has a significant effect on adsorption of
macromolecules at the phase boundary. Hydrophobization of macromolecul
es of water-soluble diphilic compounds in the process of synthesis mak
es it possible to purposefully regulate the polymers' surface-active p
roperties.