Abstract
AbstractIn this article, molecular conformation and aggregation behavior of partly hydrophobically modified poly(acrylic acid) (HMPAA) in aqueous solution has been studied by mesoscale simulation approach dissipative particle dynamics for the purpose to find out how the chemical structure and environmental conditions effect its capacity. It has been found that, as a kind of pH‐sensitive polymer, the chemical structure variation of HMPAA carried by adjusting pH and grafting degree influence the taking place of intermolecular and intramolecular associations, which induced the formation of molecular network and help to maintain high bulk phase viscosity of its aqueous solution in larger pH range or under higher salinity comparing with PAA. There exists an optimum grafting degree, above which the increase of the possibility of the intramolecular associations enhance the coiling of the polymer chain and result in destroy of the network. The experimental determination of properties of aqueous solutions of poly(acrylic acid) (U10) and poly alkyl acrylate (U20), such as the bulk phase viscosity and oil/water interface tension, accord well with the molecular simulation conclusion, by which the mechanisms of elevated stability of surfactant‐free O/W emulsion stabilized by the HMPAA comparing with PAA has been discussed. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 2013
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