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MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
Volume 211, Issue 18, Pages 2034-2052Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/macp.201000133
Keywords
chains; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; polymer degradation; radiation
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- Australian Research Council (ARC)
- BlueScope Steel
- Australian Post-Graduate Award (Industry)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
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The degradation of low-MW ((M) over bar (n) = 1500 g.mol(-1)) model compounds of pBA and pHEMA were studied under conditions corresponding to the worst-case temperatures and irradiation intensities likely to be experienced by a surface coating exposed to the harsh Australian environment. Vinyl-terminated polymers were compared to their saturated analogues; the terminal vinyl bond was found to be a source of instability which rendered the polymers more susceptible to degradation. The cyclic degradation mechanism derived from degradation of pMMA in our previous publication is also relevant to pBA and pHEMA. In addition, pBA and pHEMA are susceptible to other degradation and crosslinking reactions; crosslinking is particularly rapid in pHEMA exposed to UV radiation.
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