Stearyl Methacrylate-Based Polymers as Crystal Habit Modifiers for Triacylglycerols

Crystal Habit Modification Using Habit Modifiers

Synthesis of controlled-structure sulfate-based copolymers via atom transfer radical polymerisation and their use as crystal habit modifiers for BaSO4

Atom Transfer Radical Polymerisation (ATRP) has been used to polymerise ammonium 2-sulfatoethyl methacrylate (SEM) in aqueous media using various poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) macro-initiators to give a range of controlled-structure, sulfate-based block copolymers. Such PEG–SEM diblock copolymers are effective crystal habit modifiers for the in situ precipitation of BaSO4 in dilute aqueous soluti...

Controlling crystal growth with modifiers

Modifying crystal growth processes using additives is a well established approach to solving problems in many processes. Nature also makes extensive use of crystalline inorganic structures modified by soluble and insoluble organic materials. This Highlight discusses some of the recent and interesting developments in this area, with an emphasis on the control of crystal growth rates, covering bo...

Hydrophilic molecularly imprinted poly(hydroxyethyl-methacrylate) polymers.

Highly cross-linked 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) and poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate with poly(ethylene glycol) of molecular weight 600 (PEG600DMA) were molecularly imprinted with hydrophilic templates glucose and proxyphylline using water as a solvent. Glucose-imprinted polymers showed increased recognitive capacity compared to nonimprinted polymers as well as increased glucose upta...

Synthesis and solution rheology of poly[(stearyl methacrylate)-stat-([2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl] trimethyl ammonium iodide)].

Poly([stearyl methacrylate]-stat-[2-(dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate]) was synthesised through radical polymerisation using 1,1-diphenyl ethylene (DPE) as a molecular weight controlling agent. The amino groups were further quaternised into a cationic form in order to increase water solubility. Solubility of the polymers in water and a mixed solvent was studied with rotational rheometry. The r...