The Courtauld Research Laboratory in Maidenhead, Berkshire, in which the work described in this paper was done, was established to carry out basic research allied to the synthetic textile industry and was particularly occupied with the synthesis and properties of high polymers. From the outset freeradical polymerization was included in the programme, although initially with some misgivings, but...

The Courtauld Research Laboratory in Maidenhead, Berkshire, in which the work described in this paper was done, was established to carry out basic research allied to the synthetic textile industry and was particularly occupied with the synthesis and properties of high polymers. From the outset freeradical polymerization was included in the programme, although initially with some misgivings, but...

We herein report a novel and facile approach to the fabrication of the superparamagnetic magnetite/poly(styrene-co-12-acryloxy-9-octadecenoic acid) nanocomposite microspheres with controllable structure via gamma-ray radiation induced inverse emulsion polymerization under room temperature and at ambient pressure. 12-Acryloxy-9-octadecenoic acid (AOA, containing part of sodium salts Na-AOA) as a...

Catalytic performance and the nature of surface adsorbates were investigated for high-surface-area ceria during the ethylbenzene oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) reaction using CO2 as a soft oxidant. The high surface area ceria material was synthesized using a template-assisted method. The interactions among ethylbenzene, styrene, and CO2 on the surface of ceria and the role of CO2 for the ethyl...

Styrene is used in a variety of chemical industries. Environmental and occupational exposures to styrene occur predominantly through inhalation. The major metabolite of styrene is present in two enantiomeric forms, chiral Rand Shydroxy-1-phenyl-acetic acid (R-and S-mandelic acid, MA). Thus, the concentration of MA, particularly of its enantiomers, has been used in urine tests to determine wheth...

The motivation of this work is to create luminescent rare earth/polymer films with outstanding water-resistance and superhydrophobicity. Specifically, the emulsion polymerization of styrene leads to core particles. Then core-shell-structured polymer nanoparticles are synthesized by copolymerization of styrene and acrylic acid on the core surface. The coordination reaction between carboxylic gro...

The kinetics of o/w electrostatically and sterically-stabilized microemulsion polymerization of styrene with and without macromonomeric azoinitiator (macroinimer; MIM) have been investigated. The microemulsion polymerization stabilized by the ionic emulsifier sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or the non-ionic emulsifier Tween 20 (Tw 20) was initiated by ammonium peroxodisulfate (APS)/sodium thiosulf...

The initiating properties of urea-formaldehyde oligomers with peroxide groups have been studied. For comparison, the activity has examined for polymerization styrene by oligomer based on epoxy Epidian-5 and tert-butyl hydroperoxide. cross-linking investigated using unsaturated oligoesters as a model. chemistry formation substances cross-linked structure studied IR spectroscopy.