Article
  • Preparation of Thermally Expandable Poly(acrylonitrile-co-methacrylonitrile) Microcapsules Using β-Cyclodextrin as Pickering Emulsifier
  • Ji-Young Jung, Jae Il So, Jaewon Lee, and Sang Eun Shim

  • Department of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, Incheon 22212, Korea

  • β-Cyclodextrin을 피커링 유화제로 이용한 열팽창 Poly(acrylonitrile-co-methacrylonitrile) 마이크로캡슐의 제조
  • 정지영 · 소재일 · 이재원 · 심상은

  • 인하대학교 화학 및 화학공학 융합대학원

Abstract

Thermally expandable poly(acrylonitrile-co-methacrylonitrile) microcapsules were prepared by Pickering suspension polymerization. β-Cyclodextrin (β-CD) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) pair as the Pickering emulsifier was used as picking emulsifiers for the first time. β-CD is low in toxicity, cheap, and can produce particles with a relatively narrow particle size distribution. Acrylonitrile (AN) and methacrylonitrile (MAN) were used as monomers. The effects of β-CD content, the ratio of β-CD/PVP relative to the amount of monomer, AN/MAN ratio, and the various blowing agents were investigated for the preparation and properties of microcapsules. Thermally expandable microcapsules having a size of about 125 µm were produced. When β-CD : PVP was 2 : 1 at a total dispersant content of 3.5 wt%, the microcapsules had the best expansion performance. TGA analysis confirmed that about 35% of the hydrocarbons were encapsulated in the microcapsules. Finally, it was found that β-CD serves as a good Pickering emulsifier in suspension polymerization


피커링 현탁 중합법을 통하여 열팽창성 poly(acrylonitrile-co-methacrylonitrile) 마이크로 캡슐을 제조하였다. 피커링 유화제로서 β-cyclodextrin(β-CD)과 polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP)의 조합이 최초로 사용되었다. β-CD는 독성이 낮으며 경제적이며 상대적으로 좁은 입자 크기 분포도를 제조하는 것이 가능하다고 알려져 있다. Acrylonitrile(AN)과 methacrylonitrile(MAN)이 단량체로 사용되었으며, β-CD 함량, β-CD/PVP의 단량체에 대한 비율, AN/MAN 비율, 다양한 발포제의 효과에 대하여 입자의 제조 특성 및 마이크로캡슐의 물성에 대하여 조사하였다. 약 125 μm 입경의 캡슐이 제조되었으며, 2 : 1 β-CD : PVP 비율, 3.5 wt%의 피커링 분산제의 함량에서 제조된 캡슐이 가장 우수한 열팽창 성능을 보였다. TGA 분석 결과 약 35%의 발포제가 캡슐화되었다. 결과적으로 본 연구에서 사용된 β-CD는 현탁중합에 있어 우수한 피커링 유화제로서의 성능을 보였다


Keywords: expandable microcapsule, β-cyclodextrin, pickering emulsifier, suspension polymerization, poly(acrylonitrile-co-methacrylonitrile).

  • Polymer(Korea) 폴리머
  • Frequency : Bimonthly(odd)
    ISSN 0379-153X(Print)
    ISSN 2234-8077(Online)
    Abbr. Polym. Korea
  • 2022 Impact Factor : 0.4
  • Indexed in SCIE

This Article

  • 2020; 44(2): 240-247

    Published online Mar 25, 2020

  • 10.7317/pk.2020.44.2.240
  • Received on Jan 20, 2020
  • Revised on Jan 31, 2020
  • Accepted on Jan 31, 2020

Correspondence to

  • Sang Eun Shim
  • Department of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, Incheon 22212, Korea

  • E-mail: seshim@inha.ac.kr