Adamantane solubility properties

The incorporation of adamantane into various types of polymer ows some promise for thermal property enhancement without sacrificing processability. The overall approach is twofold on the one hand, to use the tetrahedral geometry of adamantane to enforce three dimensional structures, and on the other to use bulky pendant adamantanes to promote solubility, maintain thermal stability, and raise glass transition temperatures. We believe both approaches offer valuable methods for modifying physical and mechanical properties of commercially important polymers, and we hope to continue to explore such opportunities. 

In Chapter 1, the thermodynamic properties of diamondoids are reported by by G. R. Vakih-Nezhaad. In this chapter, the author focuses on two main subjects. First, thermodynamic properties of pure diamondoids (adamantane and diaman-tane), and second, solubilities of diamondoids and phase behavior of the binary systems consisting of diamondoids and other hydrocarbons are presented in detail. 

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