La. Cannon et Ra. Pethrick, Effect of the glass-transition temperature on film formation in 2-ethylhexyl acrylate/methyl methacrylate emulsion copolymers, MACROMOLEC, 32(22), 1999, pp. 7617-7629
The effect of the glass-transition temperature [T-g] of the latex on the fi
lm-formation behavior of a series of 2-ethylhexyl acrylate/methyl methacryl
ate emulsion copolymers is reported. Stage 1 of film formation was studied
using a combination of dynamic mechanical analysis and conductivity measure
ments. Stages 2 and 3 were investigated using calorimetric compensation, di
fferential scanning calorimetry, dielectric spectroscopy, and atomic force
microscopy. Comparison of the results from the different methods employed l
eads to a detailed model of the film-formation process in which the tempera
ture used relative to the minimum film-formation temperature determines the
effectiveness of the processes. The relative usefulness of the techniques
used in their ability to characterize the various stages in the film-format
ion process is discussed for these copolymers systems.