The effect of compatibilizer - ethylene-n-octene copolymer grafted with maleic anhydride(EOC-g-MAH) used in the amount 3 wt% on tensile and flexural properties impact strengthof bioPET addition 10 filler derived from organic waste (egg mollusc shells, coffeegrounds) was investigated. EOC-g-MAH slightly decreased strength, andmodulus elasticity, while significantly increasing strength (up to 426...

We report on a simple methodology that facilitates the generation of surface-grafted assemblies comprising block copolymers with tunable composition and molecular weight gradients along flat solid substrates.

Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is growing rapidly, and the plastics within WEEE have an important role in fulfilling the recovery and recycling targets defined in the European WEEE Directive. This study considers recycling of WEEE plastics by making a blend of the different plastics instead of separating them. The mechanical and thermal properties can be enhanced by adding a c...

Dimer acid (DA) was grafted onto lignin (EHL) to form a graft copolymer DA-g-EHL. The selection of the reaction type and the optimization of the reaction conditions for the grafting reaction were conducted through orthogonal and single factor experiments. FT-IR and thermal analysis were used to characterize the graft product. It was found that, compared with free radical grafting, DA can be gra...

Temperature-responsive glycopolymer brushes were designed to investigate the effects of grafting architectures of the copolymers on the selective adhesion and collection of hypatocytes. Homo, random and block sequences of N-isopropylacrylamide and 2-lactobionamidoethyl methacrylate were grafted on glass substrates via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. The galactose/lactose...

Temperature-driven fluorescent NOT logic is demonstrated by exploiting predissociation in a 1,3,5-trisubstituted Δ2-pyrazoline on its own and when grafted onto silica microparticles. Related Δ2-pyrazolines become proton-driven YES gates the basis of photoinduced electron transfer (PET) switches. Additional PASS 1 YES+PASS are also within same family. Beside these small-molecule systems, polymer...

A series of well-defined copolymer brushes, PS-g-P3HT, composed of a hydrophobic coil-like PS backbone and densely grafted rod-like P3HT side chains were successfully synthesized by a combination of the quasiliving Grignard metathesis (GRIM) method, reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT), and click reaction. The molecular weight distribution of the resulting PS-g-P3HT copolymer...

Chitosan-grafted-poly(4-vinylpyridine) (Cs-PVP) copolymers could be synthesized under heterogeneous conditions in presence of a potassium persulfate and sodium sulfite redox system. The synthesized graft copolymer could be utilized effectively, in the form of beads, as an efficient catalyst for Michael additions of active methylenes to functionally substituted alkenes. Moreover, methyl moiety o...

In recent years, block copolymer lithography has emerged as a viable alternative technology for advanced lithography. In chemical-epitaxy-directed self-assembly, the interfacial energy between the substrate and each block copolymer domain plays a key role on the final ordering. Here, we focus on the experimental characterization of the chemical interactions that occur at the interface built bet...

Interpolymer complexation is associated with the formation of hydrogen bonds between pendent and/or grafted groups of a single polymer or copolymers. The degree of complexation can be described theoretically in terms of complexation/decomplexation equilibrium characteristics. Graft copolymer networks of poly(methacrylic acid-g-ethylene glycol) were prepared by free radical solution polymerizati...