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Polymerisation of intercalated solvents in gels; An attempt to obtain molecular blending
Author(s) -
Corstjens Tosca,
Rastogi Sanjay,
Lemstra Piet
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.19991380114
Subject(s) - polystyrene , tacticity , polymerization , polymer , solvent , polymer chemistry , materials science , molecule , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , engineering
Recent studies performed on gels like syndiotactic polystyrene/benzylmethacrylate and poly‐benzyl‐L‐glutamate/benzylmethacrylate indicate that the solvent molecules can be intercalated between or within the helices of the polymer. The present paper describes the UV polymerisation of these intercalated solvents. It was found that for both systems the solvent stays intercalated between the helices after polymerisation. This method can therefore be used to blend two immiscible polymers on a molecular scale.