We have reported earlier some work on the grafting of vinyl monomers onto cellulose extracted from pine needles. The grafting was carried out both by radiation1,2 and by a chemical initiation method3,4. The optimum grafting conditions for a single monomer were used to co-graft it with other comonomers so as to improve upon the intrinsic properties of the cellulose backbone5,6. These graft copol...

Modification of Styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer, synthesized in toluene using benzoyl peroxide (BPO) as initiator, through graft copolymerization of hydrophilic monomer, acrylic acid, (AAc), has been carried out in aqueous medium by chemical and gamma radiation methods. Optimum conditions pertaining to maximum percentage of grafting were evaluated as a function of different reaction paramete...

Hybrid molecular brushes (HMBs), or bottlebrush polymers, are polymeric constructs containing a linear backbone and side chains with different chemical characteristics. Hybrid-block graft copolymers (HCPs) similar to traditional HMBs, except their consists of more than one polymer. We developed facile method for the synthesis family amphiphilic, biodegradable HCPs composed two blocks: hydrophil...