Nazreen Zavahir, Tan Zhang, F. Blum, Madhubhashini Maddumaarachchi
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Abstract
Vinyl acetate (VAc) was polymerized to about 90% conversion in 9 h at 40°C from the colloidal microstructure of the VAc/fumed silica/cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) system. The glass transition () of poly(vinyl acetate) (PVAc) polymerized in these emulsion gels with silica was higher () than those of PVAc made from bulk polymerization at 60°C () and the weight average molar mass () was also larger ( about 300 kg/mol) than those from bulk polymerization (). Increased , , and lowered processing temperature for these composites could facilitate new applications for PVAc.