The bicontinuous microemulsions consisting of methyl methacrylate
(MMA), 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate
(HEMA), water, and acryloyloxyundecyldimethylammonio acetate (AUDMAA)
were polymerized using
2,2-dimethoxy-2-phenylacetophenone as a photoinitiator. They were
characterized by 1H NMR self-diffusion
and conductivity measurements before and after polymerization. It
is believed that bicontinuous microporous
structures existed in these resulting transparent polymeric materials.
Some of these microstructures may
closely resemble those of bicontinuous microemulsions prior to
polymerization. This is especially so for
those transparent polymer samples prepared from bicontinuous
microemulsions containing higher water
content (>45 wt %) and lower HEMA content (<5 wt %).
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