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Thermal stability of ethylene copolymers with multi-alkenylsilsesquioxane comonomers synthesized by organometallic catalyst - Effect of copolymer str…
2020
Abstract This study was focused on thermal properties of ethylene copolymers with di-, tri- and tetra-alkenylsilsesquioxanes (POSS) synthesized by ansa-metallocene complex. Ethylene copolymers with multi-alkenyl POSS were characterized by different thermal behavior depending on the kind of POSS comonomer and its content, as well as the copolymer structure. The copolymers differed in the incorporation way of POSS into the polymer chain (linear and crosslinked structure), content of specific unsaturation groups, molecular weight, as well as heterogeneity of polymer chain compositions. It was found that the kind and content of unsaturation groups in E/POSS copolymers played a significant role …
Ethylene/POSS copolymerization behavior of postmetallocene catalysts and copolymer characteristics
2017
Copolymerization of ethylene with iso-butyl substituted monoalkenyl(siloxy)- or monoalkenylsilsesquioxane (POSS) comonomers over bis(phenoxy-imine) and salen-type titanium and zirconium catalysts was studied. It was found that the polyreaction performance was significantly depended by the kind of the catalyst and by the structure and concentration of POSS in the feed. The POSS comonomer was efficiently incorporated into the polymer chain at up to 0.2 mol %. The differences in the copolymer compositions as the functions of the catalyst kind and the POSS comonomer were observed, including the varied number-average sequence length of ethylene and unsaturated end groups, as determined by 1H NMR…
Characterization of Chemical Composition along the Molar Mass Distribution in Polyolefin Copolymers by GPC Using a Modern Filter-Based IR Detector
2013
Summary Gel permeation chromatography (GPC), also known as size exclusion chromatography (SEC), is the technique routinely used at high temperature to analyze the molar mass distribution in polyolefins. The distribution of comonomer along the molar mass distribution in a copolymer is a key microstructural feature that determines the macroscopic properties of the material, and thus, its range of possible applications and performance. The direct coupling of a modern filter-based infrared (IR) detector to a high temperature GPC instrument, by means of a heated flow-through cell, is here described. The analyses are carried out by recording the continuous IR absorbance chromatograms at selected …
Hyperbranched poly(glycolide) copolymers with glycerol branching points via ring-opening copolymerization
2015
Abstract Sn(Oct) 2 -catalyzed synthesis of hyperbranched poly(glycolide) copolymers with glycerol branching points in the backbone is possible via ring-opening multi-branching copolymerization (ROMBP) of glycolide and 5HDON (5-hydroxymethyl-1,4-dioxan-2-one). Using this strategy, well-defined and soluble branched polyesters with apparent molecular weights (M n ) in the range of 1300–2000 g mol −1 and varying comonomer content (5HDON/glycolide = 30:70–70:30) were obtained. 2D NMR spectroscopy, thermal analysis and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry confirmed the successful incorporation of both monomers and the resulting branched structure. Multiple end group functionality offers the possibility fo…
Blends of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) with styrene copolymers
1994
Binary blends of poly(2,6–dimethyl–1,4–phenylene oxide) (PPE) with various styrene copolymers were investigated. Poly(styrene–co–acrylonitrile) (SAN), poly[styrene–co–(methyl methacrylate)] (SMMA), poly[styrene–co–(acrylic acid)] (SAA) and poly[styrene–co–(maleic anhydride)] (SMA) are only miscible with PPE when the amount of comonomer is rather small. From calculated binary interaction densities it can be concluded that the strong repulsion between PPE and comonomer limits miscibility. In blends of PPE with SAN, as well as with ABS, the inter-facial tension between the blend components is significantly reduced upon addition of polystyrene–block–poly–(methyl methacrylate) diblock copolymers…
Dynamics of self-healing supramolecular guanine-modified poly(n-butyl methacrylate-co-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) copolymers
2020
Abstract Self-healing is a nature-inspired characteristic that is imparted in synthetic polymeric materials through the integration of reversible supramolecular bonds following different design concepts. Generally, the dynamics of supramolecular bonds regulates timescale of the self-healing process, specifically in polymeric systems with a homogeneous morphology. Herein, we explore the utility of guanine as a hydrogen bonding group to construct supramolecular polymeric systems based on poly (n-butyl methacrylate). For this purpose, we follow a three-step reaction approach, including a living radical copolymerization, deprotection of the functional comonomer, and grafting of the guanine grou…
Copolymers of ethylene with monoalkenyl- and monoalkenyl(siloxy)silsesquioxane (POSS) comonomers – Synthesis and characterization
2017
Abstract The hybrid ethylene/POSS copolymers were obtained using the rac -Et(Ind) 2 ZrCl 2 catalyst activated by MAO. A series of monoalkenyl- and monoalkenyl(siloxy)silsesquioxanes derivatives with different structures of reactive alkenyl substituent and types of non-reactive groups attached to the T 8 POSS cage was used as comonomers. The kind and concentration of the POSS comonomer in the reaction feed as well as extended reaction time were found to strongly influence the catalyst efficiency and incorporation of POSS units into polymer chains. The comonomer reactivity was significantly dependent on the length of the alkenyl reactive substituent in the POSS molecule and it was highest for…
Cleavable Polyethylene Glycol: 3,4-Epoxy-1-butene as a Comonomer to Establish Degradability at Physiologically Relevant pH.
2016
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) has been used for decades to improve the pharmacokinetic properties of protein drugs, and several PEG-protein conjugates are approved by the FDA. However, the nondegradability of PEG restricts its use to a limiting molecular weight to permit renal excretion. In this work, we introduce a simple strategy to overcome the nondegradability of PEG by incorporating multiple pH-sensitive vinyl ether moieties into the polyether backbone. Copolymerization of 3,4-epoxy-1-butene (EPB) with ethylene oxide via anionic ring-opening polymerization (AROP) provides access to allyl moieties that can be isomerized to pH-cleavable propenyl units (isoEPB). Well-defined P(EPB-co-EG) copo…
Characterization of semicrystalline random copolymers by small-angle neutron scattering
1979
A new method is introduced to determine the degree of partitioning of noncrystallizable comonomer units (B units) between the two phases of a semicrystalline random copolymer. The method is based on the comparison of the intensities of small-angle neutron and x-ray scattering (SANS and SAXS, respectively). By this technique two quantities can be evaluated: the difference Δρ of the mass densities between the crystalline and the disordered regions, and the concentration fluctuations of the B units in the two phases. It is found that SANS is very sensitive to the presence of small amounts of B units if their scattering length is sufficiently different from that of the A units. This will be the…
Photo-oxidative degradation of poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate)/nisin antimicrobial films
2012
The photo-oxidative behaviour of different antimicrobial blown films based on poly (ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (EVA) was studied. In particular, two samples of EVA containing different level of vinyl acetate comonomer (namely 14% and 28%) were used as matrices while nisin at different concentrations was used as antimicrobial agent. The degradation was followed by analyzing the changes in the spectroscopic behaviour and of the elongation at break measured in tensile tests. Moreover, changes in the antimicrobial activity of the films were followed by measuring the inhibition halo in agar diffusion tests. The results indicate that nisin acts as an excellent UV stabilizer for both samples of EV…