Journal
POLYMER
Volume 52, Issue 13, Pages 2764-2771Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2011.04.025
Keywords
Ionomers; Sustainable; Synthesis
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- National Science Foundation
- U. S. Environmental Protection Agency [DMR-0328002-(TSE03-B)]
- DMR-0328002-(TSE03-B)
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Comb-like random copolymers of itaconic anhydride (ITA) and stearyl methacrylate (SM) copolymers were synthesized by free-radical polymerization. Both monomers are derived from natural and renewable resources. Ionomers (Na, Ca or Zn carboxylates) were prepared by partial neutralization of the copolymers. The incorporation of the ionic groups decreased the melting point, which was lower than the glass transition temperature (T(g)) and crystallinity of the SM side-chains and increased the T(g) of the backbone by 20-25 degrees C. Above T(g), the parent copolymer was a viscoelastic liquid, but the introduction of the ionic groups changed the properties to that of an elastic solid due to the physical crosslinks formed by intermolecular interactions of the ionic dipoles. (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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