Synthesis and Characterization of Emulsion Polymerization of Acrylate Monomers

A recently developed successful approach to achieve the balance of properties involves the copolymerization of film forming monomers like acrylates and methacrylates. The copolymerization of acrylate based monomer having different alkyl group offers the opportunity to study the effect of the alkyl substituents on the polymer properties. The objective is to study their copolymerization behavior with acrylate or combination of acrylates of varying chemical nature using free radical initiator and to correlate the composition of the copolymers with their physical properties suitable for its use as coating on hard surfaces.