The invention relates to a method for preparing temperature-responsive comb-structure polycarboxylic acid through terminal group functionalization. According to the method, with a temperature-responsive
monomer, unsaturated halogenated
hydrocarbon, a small
carboxylic acid momonomer and the like as raw materials, a polycarboxylate material is prepared through self-
polymerization first, then substitution and then copolymerization; namely, with the temperature-responsive
monomer as a reactant, a terminal group-functionalized temperature-
responsive polymer chain is produced through the self-
polymerization under the actions of an initiator and a terminal group functionalizing agent, then a
substitution reaction is performed on the terminal group-functionalized temperature-
responsive polymer chain and the unsaturated halogenated
hydrocarbon to obtain a temperature-responsive
macromonomer, and finally a copolymerization reaction is performed on the temperature-responsive
macromonomer and thesmall
carboxylic acid momonomer under the action of the initiator to obtain a comb-structure
polymer which uses polycarboxylic acid as a main chain and has a
side chain with a temperature-responsive function. By the method, the process is simple, convenient and fast, the molecular weight of a product is controllable, graft
polymerization of the temperature-responsive functional
macromonomer on polycarboxylic acid is successfully achieved by a terminal group functionalization method, the effects of inhibiting shrinkage and resisting
cracking of
cement mortar are excellent, and the scientific research value and economic and
social benefits are very good.