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New types of associating monomers and polymers from α ‐aminocaprolactam and 2‐isocyanatoethyl (meth)acrylate: properties in condensed phase and in solution
Author(s) -
Mondrzyk Adam,
Ritter Helmut
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.4813
Subject(s) - copolymer , monomer , acrylate , isocyanate , polymer chemistry , materials science , ethyl acrylate , polymer , lower critical solution temperature , meth , hydrogen bond , chemical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , molecule , polyurethane , composite material , engineering
New highly crystalline ureido‐containing monomers were simply prepared from α ‐aminocaprolactam and 2‐isocyanatoethyl (meth)acrylate and polymerized radically. The resulting homopolymers are semi‐crystalline and strongly aggregate, showing upper critical solution temperature behaviour in ethanol–water. Radically synthesized copolymers with hydrophilic N , N ‐dimethylacrylamide show lower critical solution temperature behaviour in water. At a certain molecular weight, physical networks of copolymer are formed in water.