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pH Behavior of Polymer Complexes Between Poly(carboxylic Acids) and Poly(acrylamide Derivatives) Using a Fluorescence Label Technique

pH Behavior of Polymer Complexes Between Poly(carboxylic Acids) and Poly(acrylamide Derivatives) Using a Fluorescence Label Technique

Yuriko Matsumura, Kaoru Iwai

Polymers (Basel). 2019 Jul 17;11(7):1196.

PMID: 31319512

Abstract:

In order to clarify the local environment during interpolymer complex formation between poly(carboxylic acids) and poly(acrylamide derivatives) with different N-substitutions, a fluorescence label technique was used. 3-(2-propenyl)-9-(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenyl) phenanthrene (VDP) was used as an intramolecular fluorescence probe. All polymers were synthesized by free radical polymerization. Interpolymer complexation was monitored by charge transfer emission from the VDP unit. Both of the poly(carboxylic acids) formed interpolymer complexes with poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (polyDMAM). The micro-environments around the VDP unit in the acidic pH region for the poly(methacrylic acid) (polyMAAc) and polyDMAM mixed systems were more hydrophobic than those of the poly(acrylic acid) (polyAAc) and polyDMAM mixed systems, as the α-methyl group of the MAAc unit contributed to hydrophobicity around the polymer chain during hydrogen bond formation. This suggests that, when the poly(carboxylic acids) and poly(acrylamide derivatives) were mixed, with a subsequent decrease in the solution pH, a hydrogen bond was partially formed, following which the hydrophobicity of the micro-environment around the polymer chains was changed, resulting in the formation of interpolymer complexes. Moreover, the electron-donating ability of the carbonyl group in the poly(acrylamide derivatives) had an effect on complexation with poly(carboxylic acids).

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP9003058-A	Poly(acrylamide)		9003-05-8	Price

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