Microgels chemical modifications

Kihara, N., Adachi, Y, Nakao, K., Fukutomi, T Reaction of methyl thioglycolate with chlo-romethylstyrene microgel preparation of core-shell-type microgel by chemical modification. J. Appl. Polym. Sd. 69, 1863-1873 (1998)... 

Improvement in the processing and vulcanized qualities of a range of systems have been reported over the past decades. Modification of natural rubber, due to work in the British Rubber Producers Research Association, yields some of the most striking applications of microgel. A detailed study at the MV Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, in Moscow, on the effect of microgels on mechanical properties of cis-polyisoprene and butadiene-styrene rubbers extensively illustrates the properties of blends from latex combination of microgel and conventional or linear systems.(31)... 

Fig. 22 Top Modification of aqueous microgels by hydroxyapatite (HAp) nanocrystals, (a-d) TEM images of VCL/AAEM/VIm-HAp hybrid microgels containing different amounts of HAp (a) 0, (b) 7.9, (c) 34.2, and (d) 52.2 wt%. (e) EDX line scan of single microgel containing 52.2 wt% HAp with element distribution curves. Color of the lines in (e) corresponds to the color in the element distribution spectra. Reprinted from [149] with permission. Copyright 2008 American Chemical Society...

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