Polymerization of vinyl ethers initiated by dendritic cations using flow microreactors

METHOCEL Cellulose Ethers as Suspending Agents for Suspension Polymerization of Vinyl Chloride

Anionic Vinyl Polymerization

The concept of anionic polymerization was first developed by Ziegler and Schlenk in early 1910. Their pioneering work on the polymerization of diene initiated with sodium metal set the stage for the use of alkali metal containing aromatic hydrocarbon complexes as initiators for various α-olefins. In 1939, Scott and coworkers used for the first time the alkali metal complexes of aromatic hydroca...

β-Peptide coatings by surface-initiated polymerization.

Homopolymers of β-lactams can be grown by surface-initiated polymerization. These surface-linked β-peptides are living polymers with the potential to be utilized as tunable, protease-resistant interfaces in multiphase structural composites where the characteristics of the interface influence bulk properties.

Polymerization characteristics of ethyl methacrylate-based resin initiated by TBB.

Polymerization characteristics of 4 types of ethyl methacrylate (EMA)-based resin, composed of EMA and EMA/methyl methacrylate (MMA) copolymers and initiated by tributylborane (TBB), were studied from the aspects of long term changes of residual monomer (RM) and molecular weight (Mw). The resins were polymerized at room temperature for 30 min, stored at 37 degrees C for 24 hr, 1 and 4 weeks and...

Surface-initiated polymerization of superhydrophobic polymethylene.

We report a new surface-initiated polymerization strategy that yields superhydrophobic polymethylene (PM) films from initially smooth substrates of gold and silicon. The films are prepared by assembling a vinyl-terminated self-assembled monolayer, followed by exposure of the surface to a 0.1 M solution of borane, and polymerizing from the borane sites upon exposure to a solution of diazomethane...