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...

Catalytic hydrogenation under mild conditions of olefins, unsaturated aldeydes and ketones, nitriles and nitroarenes was investigated, using a supported rhodium complex obtained by copolymerization of Rh(cod)(aaema) [cod: 1,5-cyclooctadiene, aaema-: deprotonated form of 2-(acetoacetoxy)ethyl methacrylate] with acrylamides. In particular, the hydrogenation reaction of halonitroarenes was carried...

The effect of alkyl group substituents on the degradation kinetics of poly(alkyl methacrylates) namely poly (n-butyl methacrylate) (PBMA), poly (iso-propyl methacrylate) (PPMA), poly (ethyl methacrylate) (PEMA), and poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) in supercritical and subcritical conditions was studied at various temperatures (250 – 375 o C). The molecular weight distributions were measured b...

The UV/VIS spectrophotometric scans were obtained to determine the opto-electronic properties of 2-oxo-2-(1-oxo-1H-isochromen-3-yl)ethyl methacrylate (other name: 2-(isocoumarin-3-yl)-2-oxoethyl methacrylate) compound thin film. refractive index at 700 nm was found be 1.61. values real part dielectric constant higher than those imaginary part. results indicated that electronic transition respon...

Hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol extracts of Onopordum espinae leaves were investigated for their antibacterial activities against Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Salmonella enteritidis. The in vitro antibacterial activity of Onopordum espinae extracts was qualitatively assessed by the diameter of inhibition zones (IZ...

The aim of the present study is to develop new magnetic polymer microspheres with functional groups available for easy protein and antibody binding. Monodisperse macroporous poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA-COOH) microspheres ~4 µm in diameter and containing ∼1 mmol COOH/g were synthesized by multistep swelling polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), ethylene dimethacrylat...

The structural characterization of copolymers by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOFMS) remains a challenging task, since their random comonomer distribution creates very complicated mass spectra. In this study, a high-resolution TOF mass spectrometer with a spiral ion trajectory was applied to the structural and compositional characterization...