Nanocomposites Based on Hydroxylated Polyisoprene

As shown earlier by Chung et al. [33], Lee and Han [34] found that the double bond in a PI having predominantly 1,4-addition microstructure was very difficult to introduce hydroxyl groups. They first synthesized, via anionic polymerization, a nearly monodisperse PI having 34% 1,2-addition, 59% 3,4-addition, and 7% 1,4-addition in tetrahydrofuran (THF) as solvent. Subsequently, the PI was hydroborated followed by oxidation according to the procedures detailed in a paper by Lee and Han [34], yielding 

2 Nanocomposites Based on Poly(ethylene-ran-vinyl acetate-ran-alcohol) Copolymer 

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