Front Cover: Caffeic acid is a component of coffee beans and bears catechol functionality. In article number 2100378 by Kotaro Satoh co-workers, caffeic acid-derived styrene monomer amenable to RAFT polymerization, which one the emerging methodologies for polymer synthesis. Combined with protection/deprotection processes, polymerization results in welldefined functional block copolymers consist...

The developmental toxicities of seven acrylates were studied in Sprague-Dawley rats after inhalation exposure for 6 h/day, during days 6 to 20 of gestation. The exposure concentrations were: for acrylic acid, 50, 100, 200, or 300 ppm; for methyl acrylate, 25, 50, or 100 ppm; for ethyl acrylate, 25, 50, 100, or 200 ppm; for butyl acrylate, 100, 200, or 300 ppm; for ethylhexyl acrylate, 50, 75, o...

the nanocomposites of poly (acryl amide-co-acrylic acid) with different contents of naazeolite were prepared using ammonium persulfate as an initiator and n, n′-methylenebisacrylamide as the crosslinker. the morphology was characterized by sem and the structure ofnanocomposite materials was studied with xrd and ft-ir that showed the interaction betweenporous materials and poly (aam-co-aac). the...

thermodynamic study on the interaction of β-cd with poly ethylene oxide and poly acrylic acid was performed by isothermal titration calorimetry at 298k. when β-cd is added to the interpolymer complex, competition is created between host-guest and hydrogen bond. enthalpy of interaction between the β-cd and interpolymer complex was calculated using the extended solvation theory. p=1 shows that wi...

in this research, hydrogels based on poly vinyl alcohol and poly acrylic acid blend were prepared which were cross-linked by applied thermal conditions. afterward, effects of time and heating on water uptake were investigated. the highest water uptake value exhibited by the sample that was heated for 20 min. at 110 ºc was about 2129% after 4 days at equilibrium state. hydrogels exhibited ph-sen...

Materials and Instruments: All chemicals were used as received without further purification. Hydrogen tetrachloroaurate(III) hydrate (HAuCl4·3H2O), 99.9% (metal basis Au 49%) was purchased from Alfa Aesar; sodium citrate tribasic dihydrate (99.0%), hydroquinone (99.5%) and AgNO3 (99.9999%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich; 2-mercaptobenzoimidazole-5-carboxylic acid was purchased from Tokyo Che...

Paper/polyacrylic acid (PAA) composites were prepared using a microcrystalline cellulose (MCC)-reinforced PAA hydrogel. The MCC-reinforced PAA hydrogel was prepared by in-situ UV light-induced polymerization of acrylic acid in the presence of MCC. The experimental results showed that the presence of MCC improved the water absorption capacity of the resulting PAA hydrogel. The addition of 1 wt% ...

Olefin cross-metathesis has been demonstrated to be a modular pathway for synthesis of a series of functionalized cellulose esters. As a proof of concept, cellulose acetate was acylated with two terminally olefinic acid chlorides, pent-4-enoyl chloride and undec-10-enoyl chloride, providing olefin-terminated cellulose esters with different side-chain lengths. These ω-unsaturated cellulose ester...

Acrylic acid is a monomer that has been responsible for number of severe explosions worldwide as result thermal runaway. The present work was intended to lead an improved understanding the kinetics polymerization and Michael addition reaction (MAR) acrylic acid. Sealed cell differential scanning calorimetry carried out, were assessed on basis model-free Friedman method. In addition, microcalori...