Ci. Simionescu et al., STABILIZATION OF EMULSION POLYMERIZATION BY BLOCK AND GRAFT-COPOLYMERS WITH POLYSILOXANE AND POLY[(ACETYLIMINO)ETHYLENE] SEQUENCES, Die Angewandte makromolekulare Chemie, 255, 1998, pp. 17-21
Amphiphilic block and graft copolymers with polysiloxane and poly[(ace
tylimino)ethylene] sequences were used as nonionic surfactants in the
emulsion polymerization of some vinyl monomers (styrene, methyl methac
rylate, butyl methacrylate). The peculiarities of the systems (polymer
ization kinetics and emulsion characteristics) were related to the str
uctural features of the studied emulsifiers and suggested their abilit
y to participate in initiation and transfer reactions and respectively
clouding phenomena in aqueous phase.