Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Pages: 2109-2115

Journal: Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volume number: 114

Issue number: 4

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/app.30206

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract: 

This work reports the homo‐ and copolymerization behavior of previously
unknown 4‐diamantyl methacrylate (DMA) with vinyl comonomers like methyl
methacrylate (MMA); the starting monomer DMA was synthesized in our
laboratory using 4‐diamantanol and methacryloyl chloride. The structures
of the homo‐ and copolymers were analyzed using NMR techniques. DMA was
found to be more reactive than MMA during copolymerization. The
reactivity ratios as determined by the Kelen‐Tüdos method are r_MMA = 0.58 and r_DMA
= 1.75. The incorporation of a few mol % of diamantyl units into the
PMMA backbone led to a significant increase in its thermal stability and
glass transition temperature. The polymers with 15 and 42 mol % of DMA
units in the copolymers showed increased T_g values of 126°C and 172°C, respectively.

Harvard Citation style: Sinkel, C., Agarwal, S., Fokina, N. and Schreiner, P. (2009) Synthesis, characterization, and property evaluations of copolymers of diamantyl methacrylate with methyl methacrylate, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 114(4), pp. 2109-2115. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.30206

APA Citation style: Sinkel, C., Agarwal, S., Fokina, N., & Schreiner, P. (2009). Synthesis, characterization, and property evaluations of copolymers of diamantyl methacrylate with methyl methacrylate. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 114(4), 2109-2115. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.30206