Alkali-Soluble Resins as pH-Responsive Protective Colloids.

ABSTRACT: Emulsion polymers are widely present in numerous applications such as adhesives, coatings, paints, and cementitious materials. In applications such as construction, they are favored in dry form that can be restabilized in the final formulation in the presence of water. This offers advantages in terms of storage, transportation, and final application. This work investigates a pH-switchable stabilizer. Turning off the stabilizer leads to latex particle coagulation and dry polymer isolation. Then, turning it back on recovers the restabilized particles in the form of an emulsion. The success of this process relies on the switchability of the colloidal stabilization system and the surface protection of low glass transition temperature (T_g < 20 °C) particles through a hard shel

SUBMITTER: Naderi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12314869 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature