Initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) was explored as a novel method for synthesis of functional polyacrylic thin films. The process introduces a peroxide initiator, which can be decomposed at low temperatures (<2000 C) and initialize addition reaction of monomer species. The use of low temperatures limits the decomposition chemistry to the bond scission of initiator, while retaining funct...

Oligo(L-lactic acid) (OLLA) was synthesized by ring opening polymerization of L-lactides using stannous octoate (0.03 wt% lactide). While this served as the initiator, L-lactic acids were co-initiators at 140 °C for 10 h, wherein prepared hydrolytic degradation 100 1 h. The molecular weight or degree controlled with monomer/co-initiator ratio (mol/mol). α-cellulose and microcrystalline cellulos...

In a series of publications we have described the kinetics of free-radical formation from molybdenum carbonyl in association with organic halides in a number of electron-donating solvents. Radical formation involves the displacement of carbon monoxide from the carbonyl by the solvent or vinyl monomer in a rate-determining process giving rise to complexes of the type Mo(CO)5L (where L represents...

Polyvinyl benzyl chloride (PVBC) was synthesized by free radical polymerization of 4-vinylbenzyl using benzoyl peroxide initiator at 60 °C. PVBC synthesised in different solvents such as toluene, xylene, 1,4-dioxane, and tetrahydrofuran. The polymers were structurally characterized 1H NMR FTIR spectroscopic techniques. thermal property the polymer investigated thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) d...

Back Cover: In article 2300005, Keling Hu, Yongjun Zhang, and co-workers demonstrate an organocatalyzed living radical polymerization method for high molecular weight polymers (HMWPs), yielding well-defined HMWPs in a metal-free sulfur-free manner. This technique is rather mild crucial eliminating the persistent effect dramatically improving livingness of propagation radicals, enabling without ...

Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) show promise for enhancing properties of waterborne latexes and coatings. Miniemulsion polymerization is a promising route to obtaining well-controlled latex distributions sufficient encapsulate CNCs in the monomer phase. Here, we demonstrate first miniemulsion resulting encapsulation that incorporates costabilizer, water soluble initiator, comonomer mixtures, aspe...

Abstract Complexes from catalysts and initiator can be used to insert a specific number of additional chemical functional groups in (co)polymers prepared by ring-opening polymerization (ROP) lactones. We report on the synthesis cooligomers sec -butyl-morpholine-2,5-dione (SBMD) para -dioxanone (PDX) ROP with varied feed ratios bulk using catalyst complex SnOct 2 /2-hydroxyethyl sulfide. M n (de...