Smart materials with reversible wettability have attracted a lot of attention for application in sewage treatment. In this work, pH-responsive polymer was prepared via the one-step free radical polymerization 3-(trimethoxysilyl) acrylate and 2-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate. The obtained then coated hydrogenated styrene–ethylene–butadiene–styrene block copolymer to endow material switchable su...

The combo agent with roles of initiator and chain transfer agent was demonstrated in RAFT polymerization of styrene. Polymers with defined structures at both α and ω ends were obtained, which was verified by the successful synthesis of seven-block segments of PS and PMA by sequential addition of monomers in one pot.

This investigation reports the first application of admicellar polymerization to cellulose nanofibers in the form of bacterial cellulose, microfibrillated cellulose, and cellulose nanowhiskers using styrene and ethyl acrylate. The success of this physical sleeving was assessed by SEM, FTIR, and contact angle measurements, providing an original and simple approach to the modification of cellulos...

Quantitative structure-reactivity relationships (QSRR) are deduced for kinetic chain-transfer constants for 90 agents on styrene polymerization at 60 degrees C. Three- and five-parameter correlations were obtained with R2 of 0.725 and 0.818, respectively. The descriptors involved in the correlations are consistent with the proposed mechanism of the chain-transfer reactions.

This article contains original experimental data, figures and methods to the study of Microwave-assisted emulsion polymerization of styrene under the frame of "Enhanced Microwave Synthesis" (EMS), has been examined to investigate the advantages of Microwave (MW) power use in emulsion polymerization (Ergan et al., Eur. Polym. J. 69, 2015, 374-384). For comparative purpose, MW and conventional he...

Cassava starch grafted with polystyrene (PS-g-starch) copolymer was synthesized via free-radical polymerization of styrene by using suspension polymerization technique. Potassium persulfate (PPS) was used as an initiator and water was used as a medium. The graft copolymer was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, thermal gravimetric analysi...

A novel Y-shaped macromonomer based on poly[(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate] (PDMAEMA) with a narrow molecular weight distribution was synthesized via oxyanion-initiated polymerization in which a potassium alcoholate of trimethylol propane allyl ether (2K-TMPAE) was used as a difunctional initiator. For the miniemulsion polymerization of styrene, this macromonomer acted well both as a comonom...

Development und experimental testing of a new kind of dielectric barrier discharge flow reactors applicable for plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition as well as surface treatment processes at atmospheric pressure are described. Using a combination of two upstream modules, a gradient mixer and a homogenizer, the reactor is fed by a laminar gas flow with an established concentration gradient ...

high solid content poly (styrene-co-butyl acrylate) latex ( with 20% and 40% solid content) including high amounts of cloisite 30b (7 wt% and 10 wt%) were kinetically investigated. gravimetric method via measuring the rate of polymerization, number of particles and average number of radicals per particle was used. results showed that by increasing the solid content; the average diameter of poly...