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Synthesis Of Poly(Styrene-Co-Butyl Acrylate) Pickering Emulsion With Montmorillonite Nanoparticles And Its Comparison With Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Surfactant On Affecting The Water Barrier Properties Of Coated Paper, Chidubem H. Uchefuna

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Water-borne barrier dispersion coatings on paper have emerged as an alternative to extrusion coatings on paper due to improved recycling, high application speed, and other end of life attributes. Pigments are often added to improve the performance of dispersion coatings. The use of pigments to form a Pickering emulsion during the polymerization step for the production of a barrier coating on paper has not been discussed in the literature.

In this study, montmorillonite (MMT) pigment varied from 0-6 % pigment volume concentration (PVC) was used to synthesize dispersion coatings consisting of poly(styrene-co-butylacrylate) latex and compared with sodium dodecyl …