The monomers,
butyl acrylate (BA, ≥99.0%),
methyl methacrylate (MMA, ≥98.5%),
glycidyl methacrylate (GMA, ≥97%), and
acrylonitrile (AN, ≥99.0%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich, Schnelldorf, Germany and used in emulsion copolymerization.
Sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate (SDBS, Sigma-Aldrich, Steinheim, Germany), sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO
3, Sigma-Aldrich, Steinheim, Germany),
potassium persulfate (KPS, Sigma-Aldrich, Steinheim, Germany) were used as an emulsifier, a buffer agent and an initiator, respectively. All chemicals were used as received without any further purification. Ultrapure water was used as a solvent to perform the reactions. The syntheses took place in a four-neck round-bottom 250 mL glass reactor equipped with a condenser, nitrogen inlet, monomer dropping funnel, and initiator solution dropping funnel. For the reactions, a Heidolph (Schwabach, Germany)
magnetic stirrer with a temperature control probe was used to heat the reactor in an oil bath.
Cattle crust leather suitable for footwear, gifted from Sepiciler Co. (İzmir, Turkey), was used for finishing applications. The other necessary finishing chemicals, combined with the synthesized copolymer emulsions such as wax emulsion, black pigment, nitrocellulose lacquer emulsion, and silicon-based touch modifier, were obtained from Stahl Co. (Waalwijk, The Netherlands).
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