POSS-poly

PC = polycarbonate PET = polyethylene terephthalate) PEEK = poly (aryl-ether-ether-ketone) PO = poly(oxy-1,4-pheny lene) PPS = poly (thio-l,4-phenylene) PPO = poly(oxy-2,6-dimethyl-l,4-phenylene) PEN = poly(ethylene-2,6-naphthalenedicarboxylate) PBT = poly... 

PVC/PO + poly(ethylene-co- alkyl, aryl. mechanical and impact performance Williams and Ilenda, 1993... 

Blends of the commodity polymers with more specialty polymers are limited although many specific examples exist in the patent/open literature. In the design of polymer blends for specific application needs, countless opportunities can be envisioned. Examples may include PE/poly(s-caprolactone) (PCL) blends for biodegradable applications (proposed), polyolefin (PO)/poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVAL) blends for antistatic films, PO/silicone rubber blends for biomedical applications, PO/thermoplastic polyurethane TPU (or other thermoplastic elastomers) for applications similar to plasticized PVC, functionalized PO/thermoset blends. 

PO Poly (propylene oxide) or polyolefins or phenoxy resins... 

EO-b-PO Poly(ethylene oxide)-b-poly(propylene oxide) diblock copolymer 66-67, 221-223, 293-294... 

Poly(propylene oxide) [25322-69-4] may be abbreviated PPO and copolymers of PO and ethylene oxide (EO) are referred to as EOPO. Diol poly(propylene oxide) is commonly referred to by the common name poly(propylene glycol) (PPG). Propylene oxide [75-56-9] and poly(propylene oxide) and its copolymers, with ethylene oxide, have by far the largest volume and importance in the polyurethane (PUR) and surfactant industry compared to all other polyepoxides. Articles reviewing propylene oxide (1), poly(propylene oxide) (2—4), other poly(aIkylene oxides) (4), and polyurethanes (5—7) are cited to lead the interested reader to additional detail not in the scope of this article. 

Homopolymers of PO and other epoxides are named a number of ways after the monomer, eg, poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) or polymethjioxirane from a stmctural point of view, polyoxypropylene or poly(propylene glycol) or from the Chemicaly hstracts (CA) name, poly[oxy(methyl-l,2-ethanediyl)], a-hydro- CO-hydroxy-. Common names are used extensively in the Hterature and in this article. 

MggAl2(OH) gC03 -4 H2O, is used to polymerize PO and is activated by calcining at 450°C, a quantitative yield of PPO is obtained at 50°C in 2 hours (96). At Olin, POLY-L polyols have been produced with reduced unsaturation, but the catalyst used to produce them has not been disclosed (97). The use of zinc hexacyanocolbaltate to prepare low unsaturation polyols has been reported (98). 

AGE-Gontaining Elastomers. ECH—AGE, poly(epichlorohydrin-fo-allyl glycidyl ether) [24969-09-3] (3), ECH—EO—AGE, poly(epichlorohydrin- (9-ethylene oxide-i (9-allyl glycidyl ether) [26587-37-1] (4), ECH—PO—AGE, and PO—AGE are also amorphous polymers. 

Crystallinity is low the pendent allyl group contributes to the amorphous state of these polymers. Propylene oxide homopolymer itself has not been developed commercially because it cannot be cross-baked by current methods (18). The copolymerization of PO with unsaturated epoxide monomers gives vulcanizable products (19,20). In ECH—PO—AGE, poly(ptopylene oxide- o-epichlorohydrin- o-abyl glycidyl ether) [25213-15-4] (5), and PO—AGE, poly(propylene oxide-i o-abyl glycidyl ether) [25104-27-2] (6), the molar composition of PO ranges from approximately 65 to 90%. 

Molecular weight determinations of ECH—EO, ECH—AGE, ECH—EO—AGE, ECH—PO—AGE, and PO—AGE have not been reported. Some solution studies have been done on poly(propylene oxide), and these may approximate solution behavior of the PO—AGE copolymer (33,34). 

Figure 1 Thermal oxidative breakdown of polyethylene (temperature 200°C P02 = 350 Tor stabilizer concentration 0.5 mass percent). 1-without stabilizer 2-CaO-6 3-polydii-minodiphenylmethane disulfide 4-polydiiminodiphenylsul-fon disulfide 5-polyparaoxydiphenylamine disulfide 6-po-lydimethylaniline disulfide 7-polyaniline disulfide 8-polydiiminodiphenyloxide disulfide 9-polythiosemicarbaz-ide disulfide 10-polyamine disulfide 11-polycarbamide disulfide 12-poly thiocarbamide disulfide 13-polyethylenedi-amine disulfide.

Based on the results of the hydrophobization of po-ly(MA-DP), we applied the hydrophobically grafting technique to poly(maleic acid-fl//-7,l2-dioxaspiro-[5,6]-... 

Poly(MA-CDA) was synthesized as described previously by a free radical copolymerization followed by hydrolysis in aqueous solution. By the fractional precipita- n of the copolymerization product (MW = 14,200, MW/Mn = 3.1) different average-molecular weight po-ly(M A-CDA)s with narrow polydispersity were obtained as shown in Table 2. 

Figure 12 IL-6 inducing activity of poly(MA-CDA)s from human peripheral whole blood cell culture. The doses of po-ly(MA-CDA)s were 1 mg/ml, 100 /xg/ml, and 10 /xg/ml. The doses of the LPS were 1 ng/ml and 100 pg/ml.

These pioneer studies laid dormant until 1977 and, influenced by Kondo and colleagues [59] reports on the synthesis of po]y(vinylsulfonium yiide) with a trivaient sulfur attached directly to the polymer chain, poly[ethyl-vinylsulfonium bis-(methoxycarbonyl) methylide] (Scheme 25) was prepared by irradiation of a benzene... 

Qiu et al. [241 have reported the synthesis of macromolecules having 4-tolylureido pendant groups, such as poly(N-acryloyl-N -4-tolylurea-cvi ethyl acrylate) [po-ly(ATU-co-EA)] 18, and poly(N-methacryloyl-A/ -4-tol-ylurea-co-EA) [poly(MTU-co-EA)] 19, from the copolymerization of ATU and MTU with EA, respectively. Graft copolymerization of acrylamide onto the surface of these two copolymer films took place using the Ce(lV) ion as initiator. The graft copolymerization is proposed as Scheme (12). 

Hazer [20,25] reported on the reaction of a po]y(eth-ylene g]ycol)-based azoester with methacryloyl chloride in the presence of (CH3CH2)3N. In this reaction double bonds were attached to the chain ends of the poly(ester) thus obtaining a macroinimer. Being used for the thermal polymerization of styrene, the material formed an insoluble gel [20]. Probably, both the C=C double bonds and the azo bonds reacted in the course of the thermal treatment. The macroninimer in a later work [25] was used for thermally polymerizing poly(butadiene) thus leading to poly(ethylene glycol-/ -butadiene) block copolymers. 

Polyaddition reactions based on isocyanate-terminated poly(ethylene glycol)s and subsequent block copolymerization with styrene monomer were utilized for the impregnation of wood [54]. Hazer [55] prepared block copolymers containing poly(ethylene adipate) and po-ly(peroxy carbamate) by an addition of the respective isocyanate-terminated prepolymers to polyazoesters. By both bulk and solution polymerization and subsequent thermal polymerization in the presence of a vinyl monomer, multiblock copolymers could be formed. 

C50 surface-modified macro molecules, C g-Pst (CjQ-poly-styrene), were synthesized by using the radical-initiated po-... 

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