Processing of oligomer-monomer mixtures

One of the principal features of the compounds discussed above is their ability to be transformed into final products and/or articles from mixtures of almost any composition, even those whose components have little compatibility. The use of oligomers and monomers of various chemical structures expands the assortment of materials and articles that can be produced by combining different components. The interest in so-called hybrid binders, interpenetrating networks, polymer-oligomer systems, and other possible reactive components has increased during recent years. 

There are several techniques for producing polymer mixtures for further processing into articles by the reactive (chemical) molding methods simultaneous formation of two polymeric systems with mutual entanglement of their chains and the appearance of so-called interpenetrating networks synthesis of the second polymer within an expanded network of the initial polymer incorporation of oligomers into a polymer matrix as a temporary plasticizer followed by polymerization. 

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