Long‐term stability of an ambient self‐curable latex based on colloidal dispersions in water of two reactive polymers

An ambient self‐curable latex (ASCL) was prepared via the blending of colloidal dispersions in water of a chloromethylstyrene‐functionalized copolymer and a tertiary‐amine‐functionalized copolymer. Upon casting and drying under ambient conditions, the ASCL could generate crosslinked continuous polymer films. The crosslinking occurred via the Menschutkin reaction (quaternization) between the two types of functional groups. Because this reaction …