Multi-purpose polymers, methods and compositions

A composition comprising a polymer and water wherein said polymer is the product of polymerization of a monomer mixture comprising:

• a) at least one amino-substituted vinyl monomer;
• b) at least one hydrophobic nonionic vinyl monomer;
• c) at least one associative vinyl monomer;
• and
• d) at least one semihydrophobic vinyl surfactant monomer;
• wherein said at least one associative vinyl monomer (c) is selected from at least one monomer represented by formula (III):
• wherein, each R2 is independently selected from hydrogen, methyl, —C(O)OH, and —C(O)OR3;
• R3 is selected from C1-C30 alkyl;
• A is selected from —CH2C(O)O—, —C(O)O—, —O—, —CH2O—, —NHC(O)NH—, —C(O)NH—, —Ar—(CE2)z—NHC(O)O—, —Ar—(CE2)z—NHC(O)NH—, and —CH2CH2NHC(O)—;
• Ar is a divalent aryl;
• E is selected from hydrogen and methyl;
• z is 0 or 1;
• k is an integer in the range of 0 to about 30, and m is 0 or 1, with the proviso that when k is 0, m is 0, and when k is in the range of 1 to about 30, m is 1;
• (R4—O)n is a polyoxyalkylene which can be a homopolymer, a random copolymer, or a block copolymer of C2-C4 oxyalkylene units, wherein R4 is —C2H4—, —C3H6—, or —C4H8—, or a mixture thereof, and n is an integer in the range of about 5 to about 250;
• Y is selected from —R4O—, —R4NH—, —C(O)—, —C(O)NH—, —R4NHC(O)NH—, and —C(O)NHC(O)—;
• and R5 is a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl selected from C8-C40 linear alkyl, C8-C40 branched alkyl, C8-C40 carbocyclic alkyl, a C2-C40 alkyl-substituted phenyl, an aryl-substituted C2-C40 alkyl, and C8-C80 complex ester;
• wherein the R5 alkyl group optionally having one or more substituents selected from a hydroxyl group, an alkoxyl group, and a halogen group;
• and
• wherein said at least one semihydrophobic vinyl surfactant monomer (d) is selected from at least one monomer represented by formulas (IV) or (V) and combinations thereof:
• wherein, in each of formulas (IV) and (V), each R6 is independently selected from hydrogen, C1-C30 alkyl, —C(O)OH, and —C(O)OR7;
• R7 is selected C1-C30 alkyl;
• A is selected from —CH2C(O)O—, —C(O)O—, —O—, —CH2O—, —NHC(O)NH—, —C(O)NH—, —Ar—(CE2)z—NHC(O)O—, —Ar—(CE2)z—NHC(O)NH—, and —CH2CH2NHC(O)—;
• Ar is a divalent aryl;
• E is selected from hydrogen and methyl;
• z is 0 or 1;
• p is an integer in the range of 0 to about 30, and r is 0 or 1, with the proviso that when p is 0, r is 0, and when p is in the range of 1 to about 30, r is 1;
• (R8—O)v is a polyoxyalkylene, which can be a homopolymer, a random copolymer or a block copolymer of C2-C4 oxyalkylene units, wherein R8 is —C2H4— —C3H6—, —C4H8—, or a mixture thereof, and v is an integer in the range of about 5 to about 250;
• R9 is selected from hydrogen and C1-C4 alkyl;
• and D is selected from C8-C30 unsaturated alkyl, and carboxy-substituted C8-C30 unsaturated alkyl.