Investigation of the Nanoscale Morphology in Industrially Relevant Clearcoats of Waterborne Polymer Colloids by Means of Variable-Angle Grazing Incidence Small-Angle X-ray Scattering

Soft polymer colloidal water suspensions are extremely important formulations for industrial applications such as water-based environmental-friendly coatings, paints, and adhesives. Homogeneity of the final coating at the micrometer and nanoscale is a crucial factor for optimal coating performance, such as barrier properties against solvent permeation. Here, we investigated the remnant nanostructure in slot-die-coated micrometer-sized thick clear coating films (clearcoats) of three different waterborne polymer colloids (pure soft, pure hard, and soft/hard multiphase), commonly utilized as primers in paint formulations [Mader et al. Prog. Org. Coat. 2011, 71, 123–135], using variable-angle grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) complemented with cross-sectional atomic force microscopy (cs-AFM). After complete macroscopic drying, the coating films exhibit the presence of residual nanostructure with characteristic distance (d*) smaller than the original particle size and even smaller (≪d*) h...

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