Supporting Information Acrylate–Vinylidene Chloride Copolymers Derived from Corresponding Water-Borne Latexes: Influence of Acrylate Units on their Potential as Heavy-Duty Anticorrosive Coating Materials Ce Fu,1 Hong-Wei Qin,1 Hai-Jie Ben,1 Jing Han,1 Wen-Zhu Cui,2 Fa Cheng,1 Yu Chen1 1 Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Tianjin University, 300072 Tianjin, People’s Republic of China 2 COSCO Kansai Paint & Chemicals Co. Ltd., No. 42, 5th Avenue TEDA , 300457,Tianjin, People’s Republic of China 1 Table S1. The physical properties of the obtained latex solutions Latex Content of VDC Solid content Yield Viscosity abbreviation wt % mol% (%) (%) (mPa s) Particle diameter/nm MA-VDC90 90 89 56.4 96.2 12 106 1.79 1.24 MA-VDC 85 85 84 56.5 96.3 15 115 2.98 1.45 MA-VDC 80 80 78 56.8 96.8 18 104 4.65 1.40 MA-VDC 75 75 73 57.7 98.4 23 118 2.68 1.47 MA-VDC 70 70 68 57.3 97.7 25 112 3.22 1.50 MA-VDC 65 65 63 57.7 98.4 16 112 5.18 2.50 EA-VDC 90 90 90 57.3 97.7 15 123 2.36 1.87 EA-VDC 85 85 85 58.0 98.9 16 129 3.64 2.22 EA-VDC 80 80 80 58.6 99.9 15 122 3.71 2.39 EA-VDC 75 75 75 57.4 97.9 12 126 3.91 3.95 EA-VDC 70 70 71 57.3 97.7 15 106 1.67 2.94 EA-VDC 65 65 66 58.2 99.2 27 129 5.25 1.97 BA-VDC 90 90 91 58.1 99.0 27 120 2.83 1.68 BA-VDC 85 85 87 58.4 99.6 28 118 2.26 1.69 BA-VDC 80 80 83 58.6 99.9 22 122 2.41 1.81 BA-VDC 75 75 79 58.3 99.4 19 112 8.93 1.07 BA-VDC 70 70 75 58.2 99.2 23 109 7.71 2.31 BA-VDC 65 65 70 58.3 99.4 22 115 6.87 1.19 HA-VDC 90 90 92 57.7 98.4 20 117 5.62 1.52 HA-VDC 85 85 89 57.3 97.7 18 118 10.0 1.04 HA-VDC 80 80 85 58.1 99.0 17 130 17.8 1.38 HA-VDC 75 75 81 58.1 99.0 22 112 15.0 1.31 HA-VDC 70 70 78 57.6 98.2 27 121 13.6 1.21 HA-VDC 65 65 74 56.5 96.3 24 118 7.14 1.50 EHA-VDC 90 90 92 57.4 97.7 25 120 6.54 2.31 EHA-VDC 85 85 89 58.1 99.0 27 121 5.05 1.29 EHA-VDC 80 80 86 58.3 99.4 23 123 1.26 1.09 EHA-VDC 75 75 83 58.0 98.9 26 115 3.54 1.95 EHA-VDC 70 70 80 58.3 99.4 26 118 2.88 1.81 EHA-VDC 65 65 76 58.5 99.7 29 121 9.23 1.15 . Mn/105 PDI 2 Table S2. The thermal properties of the formed films Latex Thermal property of the formed membrane Tg (oC) Tm(oC) MA-VDC 90 15.23 — MA-VDC 85 24.50 — MA-VDC 80 33.66 — MA-VDC 75 40.34 — MA-VDC 70 42.00 — MA-VDC 65 47.21 — EA-VDC 90 14.50 — EA-VDC 85 18.01 — EA-VDC 80 24.65 — EA-VDC 75 27.05 — EA-VDC 70 30.45 — EA-VDC 65 34.36 — BA-VDC 90 8.10 147.57 BA-VDC 85 8.82 — BA-VDC 80 11.69 — BA-VDC 75 12.39 — BA-VDC 70 15.25 — BA-VDC 65 14.04 — HA-VDC 90 7.27 151.32 HA-VDC 85 5.94 — HA-VDC 80 4.71 — HA-VDC 75 4.45 — HA-VDC 70 3.09 — HA-VDC 65 2.04 — EHA-VDC 90 6.44 141.12 EHA-VDC 85 3.56 — EHA-VDC 80 3.24 — EHA-VDC 75 2.10 — EHA-VDC 70 1.91 — EHA-VDC 65 1.79 — 3 (B) -20 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 -20 0 EA-VDC90 EA-VDC85 EA-VDC80 EA-VDC75 EA-VDC70 EA-VDC65 Endothermic MA-VDC90 MA-VDC85 MA-VDC80 MA-VDC75 MA-VDC70 MA-VDC65 Endothermic (A) 0 20 40 60 o T/ C 20 40 140 160 60 80 100 120 140 100 120 140 160 HA-VDC90 HA-VDC85 HA-VDC80 HA-VDC75 HA-VDC70 HA-VDC65 160 -20 Endothermic 0 120 (D) BA-VDC90 BA-VDC85 BA-VDC80 BA-VDC75 BA-VDC70 BA-VDC65 Endothermic -20 100 T/ C (C) 80 o 0 20 40 60 o 80 o T/ C T/ C EHA-VDC90 EHA-VDC85 EHA-VDC80 EHA-VDC75 EHA-VDC70 EHA-VDC65 -20 Endothermic (E) 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 o T/ C Figure S1. The DSC diagrams of acrylate-VDC copolymers: (A) MA-VDC, (B) EA-VDC, (C) BAVDC, (D) HA-VDC, (E) EHA-VDC 4 2000 1800 1600 1400 Wavenumber/cm 1200 1000 800 2000 Transmittance MA-VDC90 MA-VDC85 MA-VDC80 MA-VDC75 MA-VDC70 MA-VDC65 Transmittance (B) (A) EA-VDC90 EA-VDC85 EA-VDC80 EA-VDC75 EA-VDC70 EA-VDC65 1800 -1 1600 1400 Wavenumber/cm 1200 1000 800 -1 2000 1800 1600 1400 1200 -1 Wavenumber/cm 1000 800 2000 HA-VDC90 HA-VDC85 HA-VDC80 HA-VDC75 HA-VDC70 HA-VDC65 Transmittance (D) Transmittance (C) EHA-VDC90 EHA-VDC85 EHA-VDC80 EHA-VDC75 EHA-VDC70 EHA-VDC65 1800 1600 1400 1200 -1 Wavenumber/cm 1000 800 Figure S2. FTIR-ATR spectra of VDC-acrylate copolymers: (A) MA-VDC, (B) EA-VDC, (C) HAVDC, (D) EHA-VDC 5