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Organosilicon Surfactants: Effects of Structure on the Kinetics of Heterophase Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Behavior in Langmuir Films on the Surface of Water
The kinetics of methyl methacrylate polymerization in the presence of alpha,omega-functional polydimethylsiloxanes is investigated. The formation of polymer suspensions with a narrow particle-size distribution is explained by the ability of the surfactants to form strong adsorption layers in the interfacial layers of polymer-monomer particles. This assumption is confirmed by data obtained via the Langmuir method with the use of model systems: thin films of the mentioned organosilicon compounds.