Acrylic-based coatings are produced in formulations to suit all the major markets within the coatings industry. Industrial, decorative, printing inks, powder, and wall coverings are some of the market areas where acrylic-based coatings are widely used. Water emulsion and film-forming acrylic-based coatings are of particular importance due to their relative high performance and extremely low vol...

By using SMA resins as a polymeric surfactant in an emulsion polymerisation process, alone or in combination with other surfactants, the stability of the dispersion under different kinds of stress (chemical, high shear or freeze/thaw) is significantly improved. The presence of SMA copolymer, adsorbed at the surface of the particles of an acrylic dispersion, enhances the stability of the latex b...

Doubly curved nanofiber-reinforced optically transparent composites with low thermal expansion of 15 ppm/k are prepared by hot pressing vacuum-filtered Pickering emulsions of hydrophobic acrylic resin monomer, hydrophilic chitin nanofibers and water. The coalescence of acrylic monomer droplets in the emulsion is prevented by the chitin nanofibers network. This transparent composite has 3D shape...

Acrylic polymers have broad applications in the manufacture of paints and paper coatings, emulsion adhesives, plastics, lighting, glass replacements, personal care products and even dental fillings. However, acrylic acid and some acrylate oligomers and monomers adversely affect human health as eye and skin irritants. Exposure to monomers occurs primarily in the workplace via inhalation and derm...

Rose bengal shell- or core-functionalized acrylic latex synthesized by RAFT emulsion PISA: interfacial photosensitized 1O2 production under visible light.

This paper will discuss the evolution of the treatment for a 1751 French boiserie mirror retaining approximately 30% of its original gilding. In the first phase of the treatment, the mirror had been thoroughly analyzed and documented, tests were undertaken and cleaning and compensation method testing had commenced. This philosophical discussion was presented in a paper in the general session la...

A group of crosslinked poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-acrylic acid) (P(NIPAM-co-AAc)) microgels with different amount acrylic acid (AAc) were synthesized by surfactant-free emulsion polymerization. The morphology and environmental sensitivity studied atomic force microscope (AFM). It was founded that the microgel particles monodispersed diameter dried latex about 800nm. Moreover, volume decrease...