Toughening of photo-curable polymer networks: a review

SC Ligon-Auer, M Schwentenwein, C Gorsche… - Polymer …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Photo-curable resins based on multifunctional acrylate monomers are commonly applied as
thin films (eg protective coatings, printing inks, etc.) and in recent years are also used for the …

The critical role of inter-component hydrogen bonds in the formation of reversibly interlocked polymer networks

MR Fu, Y You, MZ Rong, MQ Zhang - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Recently developed reversibly interlocked polymer networks are made from two pre-formed
crosslinked polymers containing reversible covalent bonds via topological rearrangement …

A new strategy to address the challenges of nanoparticles in practical water treatment: mesoporous nanocomposite beads via flash freezing

S Pan, X Zhang, J Qian, Z Lu, M Hua, C Cheng, B Pan - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Various engineering nanoparticles (NPs) exhibit high reactivity and great potential for water
decontamination. Encapsulation of NPs into millimeter-sized polymer hosts is a very …

Microphase separation and shear alignment of gradient copolymers: Melt rheology and small-angle X-ray scattering analysis

MM Mok, S Pujari, WR Burghardt, CM Dettmer… - …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The degree of microphase or nanophase segregation in gradient copolymers with
compositions varying across the whole copolymer backbone is studied via low-amplitude …

Room temperature brittle-to-ductile transition in polystyrene induced by extrusion casting melt stretching: Contribution of free volume and chain entanglement

H Huang, L Huang, F Lin, W Qian, L Yin, R Xu, C Lei - Polymer, 2024 - Elsevier
In this paper, a series of polystyrene films with different melt stretching strains were prepared
using the extrusion casting melt stretching method. At room temperature, the elongation at …

Role of the rubber particle and polybutadiene cis content on the toughness of high impact polystyrene

J Rovere, CA Correa, VG Grassi, MFD Pizzol - Journal of materials …, 2008 - Springer
High impact polystyrene (HIPS) is a classical reactor polymer blend produced by in situ
polymerization of styrene in solution with polybutadiene rubber. The importance of the …

Phenomenon of phase inversion in high impact polystyrene: Physico‐chemical, rheological and morphological study in the presence of chain transfer agent and using …

RD de León, G Morales, P Acuña… - Polymer Engineering & …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Different high impact polystyrenes were synthesized using styrene/butadiene copolymers
(SB) with PS/PB composition: 30/70 and 20/80 as the precursor rubber, benzoyl peroxide …

Alternating terpyridine‐endfunctionalized copolymers of styrene and diphenylethylene via anionic polymerization techniques: A detailed characterization study

C Ott, GM Pavlov, C Guerrero‐Sanchez… - Journal of Polymer …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Diphenylethylenene (DPE) was copolymerized anionically with styrene to yield well‐defined
alternating copolymers, which were terminated by reacting the “living” polymeric carbanion …

Quantification of rubber in high impact polystyrene by Raman spectroscopy. Comparison of a band fitting method and chemometrics

N Brun, P Bourson, S Margueron - Vibrational Spectroscopy, 2013 - Elsevier
An analytical method for the detection and the quantification of polybutadiene (rubber) in
high impact polystyrene is described. The percentage of this product in high impact …

Synthesis and characterization of high‐impact polystyrene using a multifunctional cyclic peroxide as the initiator

P Acuña, G Morales, RD de León - Journal of applied polymer …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This work deals with the synthesis of high‐impact polystyrene (HIPS) using a novel cyclic
multifunctional initiator, the diethyl ketone triperoxide (DEKTP), analyzing its effect on the …