Crosslinkable potato starch-based graft copolymer emulsion for humidity controlling coatings

A new kind of crosslinkable potato starch-based graft copolymer emulsion (PoSt-g-BMD) has been prepared using butyl acrylate (BA) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) as main monomers, and diacetone acrylamide (DAAM) as functional monomer. The keto-carbonyl group of DAAM in PoSt-g-BMD copolymer could react with adipic dihydrazide (ADH) at ambient temperature to form cross-linked copolymer. The PoSt-g-BMD had been characterized by the FT-IR spectra and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). It was applied to prepare the humidity-controlling coatings (PoSt-g-BMD-C). The water absorption of PoSt-g-BMD-C was 105%. The humidity controlling properties were also measured, and the PoSt-g-BMD-C exhibited humidity sensitivity and humidity retention because fillers of porous structure combined with PoSt-g-BMD copolymer emulsion based on scanning electron microscopy images (SEM). It could be widely applied in indoor coating for controlling humidity.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Wang,Rong-Min, Wang,Xiao-Wen, Guo,Jun-Feng, He,Yu-Feng, Jiang,Meng-Lan
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	ABM, ABC, ABPol 2013
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392013000600005
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