Poly vinyl methyl ether

Mw = 147000gmol ( ). Scanning rate 0.1 °C min . (Reprinted with permission from Ref. [161] copyright 1997 American Chemical Society) 

Light scattering and electron microscopy studies of aqueous PVME solutions and PVME microgels were carried out by Arndt et al. [329,330]. They noted that the of PVME in water was always higher (up to 20 times) than its value (Mw = 46000gmoH) determined in organic solvent (butanone), even for dilute aqueous PVME solutions well below the phase-separation temperature [330]. Moreover the molar masses of the polymer in water depended on solution preparation conditions. The authors concluded that PVME does not exist as isolated chains in water, but forms loose aggregates (Rh = 200-220 nm) which decrease in size as the solution temperature passes 

Thermosensitive microgel particles (f h = 300-500 nm) were synthesised by electron beam irradiation of dilute aqueous PVME solutions [330]. It was noted that when the irradiation of the PVME solution (4.0gf ) was 

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Ethyl and butyl esters of poly(vinyl methyl ether)/maleic anhydride (PVM/MA) copolymer were introduced in the early 1960s for use in hair sprays. These polymers also have free carboxy acid groups that can be neutralized. Recommended neutralization is 10%, but products can be found in the range of 5—30%, and recommended neutralizers include ammonium hydroxide, aminomethyl propanol, and triisopropano1 amine. These were the most widely used polymers in hair sprays before their use decreased dramatically in the early 1990s. 

Heat-SensitiZingProcess. Another process used to make latex mbber articles of thicker section involves sensitizing the compound so that it coagulates when heated to a given temperature, then using heated molds to build the article to the desired thickness. Ammonia-preserved latex is used in this process, and polyether, polythioether, or poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PVME) can be used as heat-sensitizing agents. 

The following details for the commercial manufacture of poly(vinyl methyl ether) have been made available. Agitated vinyl methyl ether at 5°C is treated over a period of 30 minutes with 0.2% of catalyst solution consisting of 3% BF3 2H20 in dioxane. When the reaction rises to 12°C the reaction is moderated by brine cooling. Over the next 3-4 hours further monomer and catalyst is added. The autoclave is then closed and the temperature allowed to rise slowly to 100°C. 

N. A. Rotstein, T. P. Lodge. Tracer diffusion of linear polystyrenes in poly-(vinyl methyl ether) gels. Macromolecules 25.T 316-1325, 1992. 

Examples shown in this chapter are for PMMA. Other polymers can be separated as well. The polymers separated so far (1,2) include polystyrene, poly(a-methylstyrene), polycaprolactone, polycarbonate, poly(hexyl isocyanate), polytetrahydrofuran, poly (vinyl methyl ether), and polyvinylpyrrolidone. 

Morphology of the enzymatically synthesized phenolic polymers was controlled under the selected reaction conditions. Monodisperse polymer particles in the sub-micron range were produced by HRP-catalyzed dispersion polymerization of phenol in 1,4-dioxane-phosphate buffer (3 2 v/v) using poly(vinyl methyl ether) as stabihzer. °° ° The particle size could be controlled by the stabilizer concentration and solvent composition. Thermal treatment of these particles afforded uniform carbon particles. The particles could be obtained from various phenol monomers such as m-cresol and p-phenylphenol. 

The strength of ion binding is enhanced when the arrangements of the functional groups permit chelate formation (Begala Strauss, 1972). Thus, magnesium is more firmly bound to poly(vinyl methyl ether-maleic acid) than to either poly(acrylic acid) or poly(ethylene maleic add). 

Samples used in this work are the binary polymer mixtures with the characteristics illustrated in Table 10.1. Here, PSA and PSAF stand, respectively, for polystyrene labeled with anthracene and polystyrene doubly labeled with anthracene and fluorescein used as a fluorescent marker. On the other hand, PSC and PVME stands respectively for polystyrene labeled with trans-cirmamic acid and poly(vinyl methyl ether). The factor a in Table 10.1 indicates the label content of anthracene in the polystyrene chain in the unit of number of labels per one chain. For PSC, the label content is 1 cinnamic acid per 28 styrene monomers. 

Figure 10.7 The phase diagram (a) and the glass transition temperatures (b) of a PSC/PVME mixture obtained, respectively, by light scattering and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Irradiation experiments were performed in the miscible region at 127 C indicated by (X) in the figure of trans-cinnamic acid-labeled polystyrene/poly(vinyl methyl ether) blends.

PSC polystyrene labeled with trans-cirmamic acid PVME poly (vinyl methyl ether)... 

Polyisoprene-fc-polystyrene-fc-poly(vinyl methyl ether). 148... 

A triblock terpolymer consisting of polyisoprene, deuterated PS and poly(vinyl methyl ether) shows a UCST behaviour between the first two blocks and an LOST behaviour between the last two blocks. Although the UCST was not... 

Fig. 4.13 Momentum transfer dependence of the characteristic time associated to the self-motion of protons in the a-relaxation regime Master curve (time exponentiated to p) constructed with results from six polymers polyisoprene (340 K, p=0.57) (filled square) [9] polybutadiene (280 K, p=0Al) (filled circle) [146] polyisobutylene (390 K, p=0.55) (empty circle) [147] poly (vinyl methyl ether) (375 K, f=0A4) (filled triangle) [148] phenoxy (480 K, p=0A0) (filled diamond) [148] and poly(vinyl ethylene) (340 K, p=0A3) (empty diamond) [ 146]. The data have been shifted by a polymer dependent factor Tp to obtain superposition. The solid line displays a Q -dependence corresponding to the Gaussian approximation (Eq. 4.11). (Reprinted with permission from [149]. Copyright 2003 Institute of Physics)...

Fig. 14 Creation of a single specimen polymer blend phase diagram from orthogonal polymer composition and temperature gradients. The polymers are polystyrene and poly(vinyl methyl ether) (PVME) a composition library placed orthogonal to a temperature gradient b completed gradient library polymer blend phase diagram. White points are data derived from traditional measurement for comparison. See text for details, (b reproduced with permission from [3])...

In vitro-in vivo comparison of timolol maleate release from buffered and unbuffered matrices of monoisopropyl ester of poly(vinyl methyl ether-maleic anhydride)... 

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