Abstract

Transparent microstructural solid polymers have been prepared by polymerization of methyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and reactive sodium 11-(N-ethylacrylamido) undecanoate in microemulsions. The transparent polymeric solids could be formed from fluid microemulsions within 10 minutes by photoinitiated polymerization. SEM micrographs of the polymerized samples reveal the existence of microporous structures. The results seem to indicate that the open-cell porous structures of transparent polymers could be obtained from those precursor microemulsions with water content higher than 20% or the closed-cell structures from those with less than 20%.

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