Synthetic polymers are important to the packaging industry but their use raises aesthetic and
environmental concerns, particularly with regard to solid waste accumulation problems and …

Copolymers of acrylamide (AM) and N-arylalkylacrylamide (AAM) have been synthesized by
free radical micellar copolymerization in aqueous solution utilizing sodium dodecyl sulphate …

A method based on host-guest inclusion system was used to investigate the salt thickening
mechanism of poly [acrylamide-co-N, N′-dimethyl (methylmethacryloyl ethyl) ammonium …

Amphiphilic polymers have been widely studied and applied in oil fields as effective
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) agents. However, the viscosity of their aqueous solution is low …

Aqueous solutions of a charged hydrophobically modified hydroxyethylcellulose (HM-HEC
(−)) exhibit high viscosities even at low polymer concentrations (0.2 wt%), which is an …

A quantitative method to study the association behavior of the hydrophobically modified
polyacrylamide (HMPAM) in aqueous solution was proposed based on host-guest inclusion …

This study investigates chemical grafting with fatty acid chlorides as a method for the surface
modification of hydrophilic web materials. The resulting changes in the water repellence and …

Abstract Poly (vinyl alcohol)(PVA) was structurally modified with two different types of
chemicals under nitrogen atmosphere in the presence of Sb2O3 as a catalyst at 80° C in an …

A polyvinylalcohol/molybdophosphoric acid (PVA/HPMo) membrane crosslinked with
succinic acid was modified by treatment with acetic anhydride in order to improve its …

Abstract Copolymers of acrylamide, 2‐acrylamide‐2‐methylpropanesulfate (AMPS), and
hydrophobic monomer N‐arylalkylacrylamide (BAAM) were synthesized by free‐radical …