The Facile Modification of Polyacrylate Emulsion via Hexadecane to Enhance Controlled-release Profiles of Coated Urea

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 12279 - 10
• Main Authors: Shen, Yazhen, Du, Changwen, Zhou, Jianmin, Ma, Fei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 16.08.2018; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/172/4081; 704/4111; Coatings; Controlled release; Emulsion polymerization; Emulsions; Fertilizers; Hexadecane; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Nutrient release; Polyacrylate; Polymerization; Polymers; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Transition temperatures; Urea

Development of controlled-release urea (CRU) has attracted research attention because of food scarcity problems and environmental concerns. To slow down the nutrient release of CRU coated with waterborne polyacrylate, conventional emulsion polymerization (CEP), conventional emulsion polymerization c...