Abstract
Soft polymer colloidal water suspensions are extremely important formulations for industrial applications such as water-based environmental-friendly coatings, paints, and adhesives. Homogeneity of the final coating at the micrometer and nanoscale is a crucial factor for optimal coating performance, such as barrier properties against solvent permeation. Here, we investigated the remnant nanostructure in slot-die-coated micrometer-sized thick clear coating films (clearcoats) of three different waterborne polymer colloids (pure soft, pure hard, and soft/hard multiphase), commonly utilized as primers in paint formulations [Mader et al. Prog. Org. Coat. 2011, 71, 123-135], using variable-angle grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) complemented with cross-sectional atomic force microscopy (cs-AFM). After complete macroscopic drying, the coating films exhibit the presence of residual nanostructure with characteristic distance (d*) smaller than the original particle size and even smaller (
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2482-2494 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | ACS Applied Polymer Materials |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept-2019 |
Keywords
- waterborne polymer coatings
- acrylics
- slot-die coating
- variable-angle GISAXS
- nanostructure
- annealing
- AFM
- glass transition
- LATEX FILM FORMATION
- COPOLYMER THIN-FILMS
- GLASS-TRANSITION
- SURFACE
- GISAXS
- PAINT
- DEFORMATION
- POLYSTYRENE
- SIMULATION
- PARTICLES