Low and No-VOC Architectural Coatings Containing Ambient Curing Functional Groups

摘要

With increasing environmental pressures and resulting government regulations, the coatings indus-try is undergoing a rapid shift in technology in an effort to reduce volatile organic content (VOC) levels. Thus, we have successfully synthesized novel, solvent free, ambient cure, vinyl acrylic, and acrylic latexes with dimethyl meta-isopropenyl benzyl iso-cyanate (TMI) as the curing agent. The emulsion polymers were formulated into solventless coatings and their properties contrasted to coatings of commercial latexes that require coalescing agents.