Acrylates have been widely used in the synthesis of pharmaceutical polymers. The quantitation of residual acrylate monomers is vital as they are strong irritants and allergens, but after polymerization, are relatively inert, causing no irritation and allergies. Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) hydrogels were prepared using pentaerythritol tetra-acrylate (PETRA) as UV crosslinking agent. A simple, acc...

Abstract The recovery of crude oil and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) spilt in the environment is an intractable problem for environmental scientists. In this paper, a new lipophilic polyelectrolyte gel as absorbent various chemical demonstrated. It prepared by radical copolymerization acrylate monomer with ionic group, tetraalkylammonium tetraarylborate, octadecyl acrylate, crosslinker, dip...

Abstract Acrylate co-polymers are frequently used ingredients, believed to have low allergenic potential, present in a wide range of cosmetics, including skincare products, hairspray and nail varnish. Concerns been expressed that individuals who sensitized (meth)acrylate monomers ultraviolet (UV)-cured products may suffer elicitation reactions due subsequent exposure residual monomer impurities...

An extension of the transferable potentials for phase equilibria-united atom (TraPPE-UA) force field to acrylate and methacrylate monomers is presented. New parameters were fit to the liquid density, normal boiling point, saturated vapor pressure, and (where experimentally available) critical constants of 1,3-butadiene, isoprene, methyl acrylate, and methyl methacrylate using Gibbs ensemble Mon...

Organotin monomers containing dibutyltin groups--dibutyltin citraconate (DBTC) as a new monomer and dibutyltin maleate (DBTM)--were synthesized. Free radical copolymerizations of the organotin monomers with styrene (ST) and butyl acrylate (BA) were performed. The overall conversion was kept low (< or = 15% wt/wt) for all studied samples and the copolymers composition was determined from tin ana...

Methyl acrylate was grafted onto chitosan by using the ceric ammonium nitrate as the initiator. The effect of initiator concentration, monomer concentration, time & temperature on % G and % E were studied. The grafted samples were characterized using FTIR, SEM, TGA methods. Evidence of grafting was confirmed by FTIR spectroscopy. The morphology evaluated by SEM. The thermal analysis indicated t...

INTRODUCTION Acrylic bone cements, used in arthroplasty, incorporates contrast media to make them radiopaque and visible on X-ray images. However, today’s particulate contrast media cause three disadvantages to the acrylic bone cement, namely; third body wear, decreased mechanical properties and reduced biocompatibility. Iohexol hexaacetate (IHA) is a new iodide based non-ionic contrast medium,...