Objective Objectives and content After the "Human Capital and Mobility" network CHRX 93 0159, on about the same subject, just ended on Dec 31 1996, a selection of reactive surfactants suitable for emulsion polymerisation (based on maleic reactive groups) has been done. Then surfactants lead to latexes with better stability and film with improved performances. The present project, with the same co-ordinator, has a double purpose: Scale up the production of these selected surfactants, and also the production of film forming latexes, in amount large enough for them to be formulated and tested in end-use of water borne paints, adhesives, paper coatings, printing inks and textile coatings. This work will be done chiefly by industrial partners specialised in the concerned domains. Continue the basic studies in the field, to confirm the potential interest of some other surfactants already prepared by the Network, and develop entirely new surfactants and new methods to produce them, as well as polymeric surfactants. These basic studies will be carried out chiefly by the participants of the previous Network who are willing to continue to cooperate and also by a laboratory from the University of RIGA in Latvia, working on maleate derivatives. These new surfactants will, hopefully, might be selected in further steps of the program for scaling up processes and testing in end-uses, on very severe criteria. Explore the capability and possible benefits in new related heterogeneous processes such as microemulsion and miniemulsion and also the very new system of controlled radical polymerisation; which, up to now have never been applied successfully to emulsion polymerisation being limited to solution polymerisation. The surfactants will be chiefly SURFMERS (possibly TRANSURFS or INISURFS), anionic or non-ionic with polymerizable groups such as maleic (possibly acrylic or styrenic), hydrophilic sequences of polyethylene oxide, and hydrophobic sequences of either hydrocarbons or polyoxiranes (propyl, butyl). Some polymeric surfactants, prepared independently out side of the emulsion process will be also tested. Scaling up of surfactants will be carried out by A KC ROS. The film forming copolymers to be studied will be mainly acrylics such as Styrene-Butyl-Acrylate-Acrylic acid or Styrene-Butadiene Acrylic acid, to be prepared by AKZO Resin, and Vinylic copolymer such as Vinylacetate VEOVA, or Vinylacetate-ethylene, to be prepared by VINAMUL. The application will be paints and printing inks (AKZO Coatings), paper coatings (SCA GRAPHICS), adhesives and textile coatings and other possible application (VINAMUL). In total, eleven partners among then 6 basic research laboratories with 6 thesis (or post doc) students to be trained and 5 Industrial partners. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryhydrocarbonsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringtextilesengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0202 - New methodologies for product design and manufacture Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Address 43,boulevard du 11 novembre 1918 69616 Villeurbanne France See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Akcros Chemicals United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Bentcliffe way M30 0BH Manchester See on map Akzo Coatings bv Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 31,rijksstraatweg 2170 BA Sassenheim See on map Akzo Nobel Resins BV Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 5,ringerweg 4600 AB Bergen op zoom See on map Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands EU contribution € 0,00 Address 5600 MB Eindhoven See on map Links Website Opens in new window Latvijas Universitate Latvia EU contribution € 0,00 Address 19,raina boulevard 1586 Riga See on map Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderungder Wissenschaften e.V. Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rudower chaussee 5 12489 Berlin See on map SCA Graphic Research AB Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address 856 31 Sundsvall See on map Vinamul Limited United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Mill lane SM5 2JU Carshalton See on map YKI - INSTITUTE FOR SURFACE CHEMISTRY Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Drottning kristinas vaeg 45 114 86 Stockholm See on map
