2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl Methacrylate (DMAEMA) is a tertiary-amino functional methacrylate monomer supplied in industrial and reagent grades. DMAEMA is widely used as a reactive monomer to introduce tertiary amine functionality into acrylic polymers and copolymers, enabling pH-responsive behavior, cationic charge, and post-modification (quaternization). Commercial supply is offered with lot COA, inhibitor management and packaging options suitable for polymerization feed and formulation work.
Applications
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Cationic and pH-responsive polymers
Used as a comonomer to produce cationic, pH-responsive and tertiary-amine-functional acrylic polymers (water-soluble polyelectrolytes, responsive hydrogels and flocculants). -
Adhesives & coatings
Introduces adhesion, wet-tack and conditioning functionality into acrylic adhesives and waterborne coatings; used in pressure-sensitive adhesives and surface-active formulations. -
Water-treatment & flocculants
Building block for cationic polyelectrolytes used in sludge dewatering, clarification and flocculation applications. -
Paper & pulp chemistry
Used to modify retention aids, dry strength agents and surface-conditioning polymers in paper manufacture. -
Textile & finishing auxiliaries
Monomer for cationic polymers used in textile treatment, dye-fixation and anti-static finishes. -
Gene delivery / biomedical research polymers (R&D)
Precursor for tertiary-amine containing polymers applied in research for transfection, responsive hydrogels and biomedical material platforms (research quality, regulatory qualification required for clinical use). -
Ion-exchange and chelating resins
Co-monomer for preparation of functional resins where tertiary amine groups enable post-quaternization and ionic binding.
