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Synergistic Interactions Among Associative Polymers and Surfactants

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Polymeric Dispersions: Principles and Applications

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSE,volume 335))

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The need to improve the performance of formulated aqueous systems containing associative polymers makes elucidating the interactions between associative polymers and surfactants an important contemporary problem in associative polymer technology. For example, adding surfactant to a latex formulation may cause its viscosity to either increase or decrease, depending on the outcome of competitive adsorption of thickener and surfactant at particle interfaces and at network junctions in the aqueous phase [1]. Even though this subject has been widely studied by both academic and industrial laboratories, the capricious nature of these interactions is not understood on a molecular level. Recent studies have examined the interaction of nonionic, anionic, cationic, or zwitterionic surfactants with a variety of associative polymer types, such as those based on backbones of poly(ethylene oxide) [2-13], cellulose [14-16], copolymers of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, or other carboxylated monomers [6,17-19], and copolymers of acrylamide [20,21]. The charter of the NATO Advanced Study Institute is to “point out unsolved problems and speculate about future research directions” [22]. In the spirit of this charter, this chapter describes the phenomenology that applies to a variety of associative polymer types resulting from interactions between associative polymers and surface active agents to highlight the need for more fundamental research.

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Jenkins, R.D., Bassett, D.R. (1997). Synergistic Interactions Among Associative Polymers and Surfactants. In: Asua, J.M. (eds) Polymeric Dispersions: Principles and Applications. NATO ASI Series, vol 335. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5512-0_31

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