Thermal and mechanical properties of cationic starch-graft-poly(butyl acrylate-co-methyl methacrylate) latex film obtained by semi-continuous emulsion polymerization for adhesive application

In this work, thermal and mechanical properties of cationic cassava starch-g-poly(butyl acrylate-co-methyl methacrylate) films with different amounts of cationic cassava starch (CCS) were studied. The objective of this work was to substitute a portion the monomers (BA/MMA) by CCS in the copolymer and to investigate the consequent effects on the properties of the polymer latex films (e.g., graft percentage, surface tension, thermal and mechanical...