Poly condensation cross-linking

PolyfAcrylic Acid)/Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Gel The condensing cross-linking of PAA and PVA offers a rapid mefliod for the preparation of pH-sensitive layers of hydrogels for many applications like sensorics (Richter et al. 2004b). 

Poly(ethylene oxide). The synthesis and subsequent hydrolysis and condensation of alkoxysilane-terniinated macromonomers have been studied (39,40). Using Si-nmr and size-exclusion chromatography (sec) the evolution of the siUcate stmctures on the alkoxysilane-terniinated poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) macromonomers of controlled functionahty was observed. Also, the effect of vitrification upon the network cross-link density of the developing inorganic—organic hybrid using percolation and mean-field theory was considered. 

As an alternative method, poly(cyclodiborazane)s were prepared by the reaction of bis(silylimine)s with chlorodialkylboranes or with methyl dialkylborinates (scheme 18).32 This reaction proceeds via the condensation between V-silylimine and boron halide, eliminating trimethylsilyl halide followed by dimerization. However, the isolated polymer became insoluble after several hours of exposure under air, which resulted from the cross-linking reactions of unreacted trimethylsilyl groups to form trimerized hydrobenzamide derivatives. 

Condensation steps, reactivity of substituents on the polymer, and photochemical cleavage at 350 nm were dramatically improved (up to 98%) when the insoluble, cross-linked polystyrene was replaced by a soluble, modified poly(vinyl alcohol) (see Scheme 25). 

The photo-cross-linkability of a polymer depends not only on its chemical structure, but also on its molecular weight and the ordering of the polymer segments. Vinyl polymers, such as PE, PP, polystyrene, polyacrylates, and PVC, predominantly cross-link, whereas vinylidene polymers (polyisobutylene, poly-2-methylstyrene, polymethacrylates, and poly vinylidene chloride) tend to degrade. Likewise, polymers formed from diene monomers and linear condensation products, such as polyesters and polyamides, cross-link easily, whereas cellulose and cellulose derivatives degrade easily. ... 

However, the most important furan resins are those produced with 2-furfuryl alcohol, for example, the 2-furfuryl alcohol-formaldehyde-based resins, which are normally synthesized by a condensation reaction catalyzed by acidic sites and promoted by heat [224] or the poly(furfuryl alcohol) thermosetting resin that is usually synthesized by the cationic condensation of its monomer 2-furfuryl alcohol, which polymerizes exothermically in the presence of a catalyst such as acid and iodine in methylene chloride, producing black, amorphous, and branched and/or cross-linked structures [225],... 

It should be noted that PCMU based on cross-linked macroligands possess a relatively high chemical and thermal stability. The stability of poly(enol-ketonate) chelates obtained by oxidation of thin polyvinylacetate films increases in the series of mono-, di- and trivalent ions [122], the oxidation promoting the penetration of the metal ions into the deep film layers. The weight loss of Co and Mn polychelates based on the condensation products of stoichiometric amounts of 5,5 -methylene-bis-salicylaldehyde and 4,4 -diaminophenyl ether at 300, 500, and 600 °C is 2.1, and 0.5 8.0 and 9.8 25.0 and 27.5%, respectively [14b]. The stability, in the range between 275 and 640 °C, of chelates formed by the transition metals and condensation products of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, urea and formaldehyde follow the series [123] Fe(III)>Co(II)>Cu(II)>Ni(II)>V02(II)> Zn(II) Mn(II) > CML. 

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