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AH of the amine hydrogens are replaced when MDA or PMDA reacts with epoxides to form amine based polyols. These polyols can be used in reactions with isocyanates to form urethanes or with additional epoxide to form cross-linked thermo set resins. 

An even more critical weakness specific for SLA and related RP technologies is their limited choice of materials. The applied, rapidly curing resins yield highly cross-linked thermo-sets after completion of building and postcuring procedures. In contrast to the thermoplastics commonly processed in FDM and SLS, such thermosets suffer from their insufficient stiffness-toughness balance. Their weak mechanical properties limit possible applications in the field of RM to those in which mechanical stability is only a secondary concern. 

Kim et al. used the exchange reaction to synthesize cross-linked AuNP-PNIPAM core-shell hybrid structures, as well as a brush-type AuNP/PNIPAM hybrid through surface-initiated ATRP in an aqueous medium. The disulfide initiators, [BrC (CH3)2COO(CH2)iiS]2, were bound to AuNPs synthesized by citrate reduction. They have studied the effect of cross-linking on the thermo-responsiveness of the AuN / PNIPAM hybrids for potential use as a stimuli responsive optical device, such as surface plasmon resonance-based sensing materials [91]. 

This mechanism is similar to the thermo-degradation discussed above (/). The oxi ative coupling or cross-linking is also reported as shown below (/) ... 

The second example used visible light absorption that increased the temperature locally within the thermosensitive gel [39]. The gel consisted of a covalently cross-linked copolymer network of N-isopropylacrylamide and chloro-phyllin, a combination of a thermo-sensitive gel and a chromophore. In the absence of light, the gel volume changed sharply but continuously as the temperature was varied. Upon illumination the transition temperature was lowered, and beyond a certain irradiation threshold the volume transition became discontinuous. The phase transition was presumably induced by local heating of polymer chains due to the absorption and subsequent thermal dissipation of light energy by the chromophore. The details will be discussed in a later section. 

Attempts to give a quantitative analysis of plastisol extrusion were undertaken only in a few published papers. They were based on the analysis of plastisol viscosity as a function of temperature and time. If in the processing of thermosetting plastics their viscosity is assumed as practically independent of time (except of materials sensitive to structural and chemical transformation in temperature and stress fields which are accompanied by thermo-mechanical decomposition and cross-linking of macromolecular chains, the extent of the larter being influenced by the time of exposure to thermal and mechanical loads 18-21)), then at extrusion of plastisols, in view of their gelatination, the additional condition should be satisfield ... 

In this context, some experimental results relevant to these open questions of enzymatic degradation will be presented and will be discussed from the viewpoint of cellulose chemistry, together with a summary of our recent work on thermohydrolysis and acid hydrolysis of cellulose, performed in connection with research on cellulose powder manufacture (7). After a short survey of the experimental techniques applied, this contribution will be centered on three problems (1) the interaction of chain degradation and cross-linking in thermal and thermo-hydrolytic treatments of cellulose, (2) the influence of mechanical strain... 

The degradation and combustion behavior of polycarbonate/POSS hybrid system has been reported recently.48 Different loading contents of trisilanolphenyl-POSS (TPOSS) were melt blended with polycarbonate matrix (PC). The data shown in Table 8.4 indicate that no improvement in thermal stability parameters (i.e., onset decomposition temperature and peak decomposition temperature) was observed compared to the neat polycarbonate. The thermo-oxidative degradation process of the hybrid system proved to be a complicated process, which includes hydrolysis/alcoholysis of the carbonate linkage, free radical oxidative chain degradation, reformation, and branching and cross-linking reactions. 

A hyperbranched polycarbosilane (hb-P22) was prepared by platinum-catalyzed polyhydrosilylation of methyldiethynylsilane 22 (Scheme 11) [43]. The tacky, highly soluble and stable polymer underwent thermo- and photo-induced cross-linking reactions through the peripheral ethynyl groups. 

Figure 2 Properties in polyphosphazenes are determined hy (1) the backbone bonds that control the inherent flexibility of the polymer via their influence on bond torsional freedom, and also provide photo-and thermo-oxidative stahihty (2) the side groups control polymer solubility, reactivity, thermal stability, crystallinity, cross-linking, and (indirectly) polymer flexibility (3) free volume between the side groups affects polymer motion, solvent penetration, membrane behavior, and density (4) functional groups (usually introduced hy secondary reactions) affect soluhihty, biological behavior, proton conduction, cross-hnking, and many other properties...

The MIP is usually prepared as a highly cross-linked, rigid bulk polymer and the polymerisation reaction is initiated by photo- or thermo-labile free radical initiators such as 2,2 -azobis(isobutyronitrile). For molecular imprint-based CEC systems, the introduction of the imprinted polymer into the capillary column has been focused on and several approaches have been developed (see below). The polymerisation process can be performed in between 1 and 24 h. It has been shown that the temperature during the polymerisation process is important. A lower temperature leads to imprinted polymers with higher selectivity [47] or better chromatographic performance [39]. 

To investigate the kinetics that control the rate of network connection of a highly cross-linked photopolymer system, Lovell et al. (2001) utilized rapid scan near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to study the polymerization of a dimethylacrylate dental resin. The research exploited the Thermo Electron rapid-scan capabilities to analyze the system with a time resolution of ss 30 ms. This was sufficiently faster than traditional techniques, which required data collection at the 2-second time scale and would thus miss the reaction of interest that reacts to... 

Related thermo-sensitive, cross-linked polymer vesicles were also formed by self-assembly of poly(2-cinnamoylethyl methacrylate)-W< cfc-poly((V-isopropylacry-lamide) (PCEMA61 — fc—PNIPAM22) copolymer and subsequent photo-crosslinking of the PCEMA shells [228]. The vesicles can load a large amount of 4-aminopyridine (Apy) and release the compound at a tunable rate depending on temperature. 

A sequence of H-abstractions due to the very reactive chlorine radical and / -decomposition gives rise to the formation of polyene molecules and HC1 which is released from the melting phase. Cross-linking reactions between polyenes lead to alkyl aromatic intermediates which can further decompose, releasing tar compounds and/or can polymerize with char formation. These transformations are experimentally observed as a second weight loss in PYC thermo gravimetric analysis. 

The polyimide class of polymers are known to possess a high degree of thermal stability. They decompose in an inert atmosphere around 500°C and in air about 400°C as indicated by thermo-gravimetric analysis (1). Because of the great thermal stability of 2,4,6-triphenyltriazine (2J (decomposes above 486°C), copolymerization of this compound with imides should lead to enhanced heat resistant materials in the form of triaryl-s-triazine ring (TSTR) cross-linked (XL) polyimides. 

An advantage of radiochemical induced cross-linking is the possibility to combine polymers with different properties. For that purpose, the polymers were separately dissolved in water. The solutions were mixed and irradiated. (Gottlieb et al. 2005) describes the synthesis of temperature-sensitive hydrogel blends of PVME (as thermo-sensitive polymer) and the radiation-cross-linkable polymer PVP (a polymer that is applied in pharmaceutics). The experiments show that the gelation dose of the blend is between the gelation doses of the two pure polymers. 

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