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Studies on the radiation‐induced graft copolymerization of mixtures of n ‐butyl acrylate and 2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate on polyurethane. I. Synthesis and characterization
Author(s) -
Sreenivasan K.,
Rao K. V. C.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1992.070441003
Subject(s) - copolymer , polyurethane , acrylate , grafting , methacrylate , monomer , materials science , polymer chemistry , 2 hydroxyethyl methacrylate , contact angle , butyl acrylate , characterization (materials science) , polymer , composite material , nanotechnology
Modification of polyurethane, by grafting two types of monomers, a hydrophilic and hydrophobic, with an aim to enrich the surface with both hydrophobic and hydrophilic moieties, is attempted. Grafting of 2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate and n ‐butyl acrylate from a mixture of these two onto polyurethane by γ‐irradiation and subsequent characterization of the graft copolymer by infrared spectroscopic method, mechanical characterization, contact angle, and scanning electron microscopy is detailed.