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MACROMOLECULES
Volume 47, Issue 21, Pages 7327-7336Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ma501550b
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- Christian Doppler Research Association
- company Ivoclar Vivadent AG (Liechtenstein)
- P2M network of the ESF
- TU Wien
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Dimethacrylates are known to have good photoreactivity, but their radical polymerization usually leads to irregular, highly cross-linked, and brittle polymer networks with broad thermal polymer phase transitions. Here, the synthesis of mono- and difunctional beta-allyl sulfones is described, and those substances are introduced as potent additionfragmentation chain transfer (AFCT) reagents leading to dimethacrylate networks with tunable properties. By controlling the content and functionality of said AFCT reagents, it is possible to achieve more homogeneous networks with a narrow glass transition and an adjustable glass transition temperature (T-g), rubber modulus of elasticity (E-r), and network density. In contrast to dimethacrylate networks containing monomethacrylates as reactive diluents, the network architecture of the beta-allyl sulfone-based dimethacrylate networks is more homogeneous and the tunability of thermal and mechanical properties is much more enhanced. The reactivity and polymerization were investigated using laser flash photolysis, photo-DSC, and NMR, while DMTA and swellability tests were performed to characterize the polymer.
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