Effect of alkyl group substituents on the thermal and enzymatic degradation of poly (n-alkyl acrylates) J. P. Mahalik and Giridhar Madras∗ Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-12 Abstract The effect of alkyl group substituents on the thermal degradation kinetics of poly (n-alkyl acrylate) was investigated in pyrolysis and in solution. The activation energie...

The nanophase separation in diblock and triblock copolymers consisting of immiscible poly(n butyl acrylate) (block A) and gradient copolymers of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and n butyl acrylate (n BA) (block M/A) were investigated by means of their heat capacity, Cp, as a function of the composition of the blocks M/A and temperature. In all copolymers studied, both blocks are represented by their...

Detailed experimental and computational studies have been carried out on the oxidative coupling of the alkenes C2 H3 Y (Y=CO2 Me (a), Ph (b), C(O)Me (c)) with 3-aryl-5-R-pyrazoles (R=Me (1 a), Ph (1 b), CF3 (1 c)) using a [Rh(MeCN)3 Cp*][PF6 ]2 /Cu(OAc)2 ⋅H2 O catalyst system. In the reaction of methyl acrylate with 1 a, up to five products (2 aa-6 aa) were formed, including the trans monovinyl...

The production of open-cell (OC) nanostructures in polymer foams without non-foamed solid skins by gas dissolution foaming has been developed this work. First, several grades MAM block copolymer (methyl methacrylate-b-butyl acrylate-b-methyl methacrylate) at high content are employed as heterogeneous phase poly(methyl for producing OC structures. Atomic force microscopy and extensional rheology...