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The Effect of a Polymer-Stabilized Latex Cobinder on the Optical and Strength Properties of Pigment Coating Layers

Coated paper with a porous coating layer may have enhanced light-scattering ability and thus favorable optical properties. However, the increased porosity of such a coating layer is likely to decrease the strength of the coated paper, thereby adversely affecting the quality of the paper in the print...

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Autores principales: Shen, Zhenghui, Rajabi-Abhari, Araz, Oh, Kyudeok, Lee, Sooyoung, Chen, Jiachuan, He, Ming, Lee, Hak Lae
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7918373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33672871
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13040568
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author Shen, Zhenghui
Rajabi-Abhari, Araz
Oh, Kyudeok
Lee, Sooyoung
Chen, Jiachuan
He, Ming
Lee, Hak Lae
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Rajabi-Abhari, Araz
Oh, Kyudeok
Lee, Sooyoung
Chen, Jiachuan
He, Ming
Lee, Hak Lae
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description Coated paper with a porous coating layer may have enhanced light-scattering ability and thus favorable optical properties. However, the increased porosity of such a coating layer is likely to decrease the strength of the coated paper, thereby adversely affecting the quality of the paper in the printing and converting processes. In this research, polymer-stabilized (PS) latex was prepared and used as a cobinder for the pigment coating of the paper. The PS latex particles were colloidally stabilized by a 3:1 mixture of starch and polyvinyl alcohol. The influence of the PS latex cobinder on the viscosity, sedimentation, and consolidation of coating colors was investigated. In addition, the effect of the cobinder on the properties of coating layers, namely, their porosity and surface, optical, and tensile properties, was examined. The results revealed that the PS latex cobinder formed microstructures in the coating colors and affected their viscosity. The addition of PS latex also led to enhanced interactions between coating color components, which affected the consolidation of the coating color, resulting in the formation of dried coating layers with greater porosity and improved optical properties (i.e., higher brightness and opacity) relative to coatings without the PS latex cobinder. Furthermore, the addition of PS latex improved the tensile strength of the coating layers, which was attributable to the small size and the polymeric protective shell of the cobinder particles. Thus, these results show that this PS latex cobinder has the potential to be used for the production of high-quality coated paper products.
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spelling pubmed-79183732021-03-02 The Effect of a Polymer-Stabilized Latex Cobinder on the Optical and Strength Properties of Pigment Coating Layers Shen, Zhenghui Rajabi-Abhari, Araz Oh, Kyudeok Lee, Sooyoung Chen, Jiachuan He, Ming Lee, Hak Lae Polymers (Basel) Article Coated paper with a porous coating layer may have enhanced light-scattering ability and thus favorable optical properties. However, the increased porosity of such a coating layer is likely to decrease the strength of the coated paper, thereby adversely affecting the quality of the paper in the printing and converting processes. In this research, polymer-stabilized (PS) latex was prepared and used as a cobinder for the pigment coating of the paper. The PS latex particles were colloidally stabilized by a 3:1 mixture of starch and polyvinyl alcohol. The influence of the PS latex cobinder on the viscosity, sedimentation, and consolidation of coating colors was investigated. In addition, the effect of the cobinder on the properties of coating layers, namely, their porosity and surface, optical, and tensile properties, was examined. The results revealed that the PS latex cobinder formed microstructures in the coating colors and affected their viscosity. The addition of PS latex also led to enhanced interactions between coating color components, which affected the consolidation of the coating color, resulting in the formation of dried coating layers with greater porosity and improved optical properties (i.e., higher brightness and opacity) relative to coatings without the PS latex cobinder. Furthermore, the addition of PS latex improved the tensile strength of the coating layers, which was attributable to the small size and the polymeric protective shell of the cobinder particles. Thus, these results show that this PS latex cobinder has the potential to be used for the production of high-quality coated paper products. MDPI 2021-02-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7918373/ /pubmed/33672871 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13040568 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Shen, Zhenghui
Rajabi-Abhari, Araz
Oh, Kyudeok
Lee, Sooyoung
Chen, Jiachuan
He, Ming
Lee, Hak Lae
The Effect of a Polymer-Stabilized Latex Cobinder on the Optical and Strength Properties of Pigment Coating Layers
title The Effect of a Polymer-Stabilized Latex Cobinder on the Optical and Strength Properties of Pigment Coating Layers
title_full The Effect of a Polymer-Stabilized Latex Cobinder on the Optical and Strength Properties of Pigment Coating Layers
title_fullStr The Effect of a Polymer-Stabilized Latex Cobinder on the Optical and Strength Properties of Pigment Coating Layers
title_full_unstemmed The Effect of a Polymer-Stabilized Latex Cobinder on the Optical and Strength Properties of Pigment Coating Layers
title_short The Effect of a Polymer-Stabilized Latex Cobinder on the Optical and Strength Properties of Pigment Coating Layers
title_sort effect of a polymer-stabilized latex cobinder on the optical and strength properties of pigment coating layers
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7918373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33672871
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13040568
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