Open AccessCover Image, Volume 54, Issue 10
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of polymer science part a: polymer chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.768
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1099-0518
pISSN - 0887-624X
DOI - 10.1002/pola.28083
Subject(s) - polymerization , monomer , acrylate , cover (algebra) , polymer , volume (thermodynamics) , computer science , polymer science , nanotechnology , materials science , chemistry , physics , engineering , mechanical engineering , composite material , thermodynamics
On page 1323 (DOI: 10.1002/pola.27965 ) Xiao‐Qiao Wang et al. report a new strategy to fabricate autonomous conveyer gels driven by fast frontal polymerization (FP). The resulting poly(hydroxypropyl acrylate‐ co ‐VeoVa 10) polymer gel swollen with hydroxyethyl acrylate monomers and initiators exhibits the powerful capability of transporting gel microballoons along the propagating chemical wave in the FP reaction. The transportation speed can be efficiently controlled by adjusting the initiation temperature of FP. Targeted synthesis of CdS nanocrystals is further achieved by the autonomous transportation. This approach of FP‐driven motion may be beneficial for energy conversion, mass transportation, and targeted chemical reactions.