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Abstract: Sphere shaped polymer supports with styrene and 4-nitrophenylacrylate as monomers and divinylbenzene (DVB) or ethyleneglycoldimethacrylate (EGDMA) as crosslinkers were prepared by free radical polymerization in suspension medium. Ratio of monomers as well as the crosslinking degree varied in order to test the influences on head size distribution, swelling and polymer network flexibility. The amount of crosslinker had an effect on bead size, average bead diameters being between 10 µm and 35 µm when 5% of crosslinker was applied and between 35 µm and 55 µm when 20% was used. The crosslinking degree also affected swelling in dichloromethane, water, methanol, toluene and acetonitrile, being more intense with lower concentrations of DVB or EGDMA. The flexibility of polymer networkwas investigated using reactions with 1,8-diaminooctane. High degrees of additional crosslinking was observed, namely between 58 and 95% indicating high flexibility of polymer network.
Keywords: organic chemistry, polymer supports, 4-nitrophenilacrylate, suspension polimerization, bead size distribution
Published in DKUM: 10.07.2015; Views: 2094; Downloads: 164
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