PROGRESS IN ORGANIC COATINGS, vol.71, no.3, pp.225-233, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
Poly(vinyl acetate-co-butyl acrylate) latexes were prepared by using semi-continuous emulsion polymerization method in presence of two different protective colloids which were oligomeric N-methylol acrylamide and conventional poly(vinyl alcohol). The effects of these protective colloids on colloidal, surface and film properties of latexes were examined. Poly(vinyl acetate-co-butyl acrylate) synthesized with oligomeric N-methylol acrylamide, which was characterized by FT-IR, NMR and MALDI-TOF MS, was found to have lower viscosity, finer particle size, better latex stability, lower polyclispersity, higher T(g) and better film forming behavior compared to those synthesized from the poly(vinyl alcohol). (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.