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POLYMER
Volume 42, Issue 26, Pages 10187-10193Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-3861(01)00577-8
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poly(furfuryl methacrylate-co-styrene); reactivity ratios; thermoreversible crosslinking
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The tendency for crosslinking to occur either during free radical polymerization in solution or to develop subsequently in air after precipitation of linear polymer has been observed for both polymerization of furfuryl methacrylate (FM) and copolymerization of FM with styrene (ST). Reactivity ratios r(FM) = 0.33 +/- 0.08 and r(ST) = 0.44 +/- 0.02 have been determined. Thermo-oxidative stability is lowered by incorporation of FM moieties into poly-ST. Glass transition temperatures (T-g) of copolymers accord with the Fox equation and extrapolation affords a value of 64 degreesC for the T-g of linear poly-FM. After admixture of solutions of poly(FM-co-ST) and bismaleimide (BM) at ambient temperature crosslinked gel is produced slowly by intermolecular Diels-Alder reaction between diene units (FM) and the dienophile (BM). The retro Diels-Alder reaction occurs rapidly on heating, regenerating linear copolymer and BM. The crosslinked gels exhibit considerable swelling in chloroform and toluene. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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