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Polymers, Volume 10, Issue 11

November 2018 - 114 articles

Cover Story: The tandem ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)/cross-metathesis (CM) of some cyclic olefins using Grubbs’ second-generation catalyst in the presence of a bifunctional symmetric alkene epoxide- or oxetane-functionalized chain-transfer agent successfully enabled the synthesis of well-defined α,ω-diepoxide and -dioxetane telechelic (co)polyolefins. End-functional polyolefins were thus smoothly obtained under mild operating conditions from cyclooctene, trans,trans,cis-1,5,9-cyclododecatriene (CDT), or norbornene (NB). The subsequent quantitative dithiocarbonatation of an α,ω-di(epoxide) telechelic P(NB-co-CDT) afforded a convenient approach to the analogous α,ω-bis(dithiocarbonate) telechelic copolymer. This works highlights the versatility of metathesis reactions for the preparation of valuable polyolefins end-capped with reactive groups. View this paper
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Articles (114)

  • Review
  • Open Access
378 Citations
34,558 Views
20 Pages

21 November 2018

Photocrosslinked gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogels have attracted great concern in the biomedical field because of their good biocompatibility and tunable physicochemical properties. Herein, different approaches to synthesize GelMA were introduc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,840 Views
12 Pages

Tribological Behavior of Nanocomposites Based on UHMWPE Aged in Simulated Synovial Fluid

  • Annamaria Visco,
  • Samy Yousef,
  • Cristina Scolaro,
  • Claudia Espro and
  • Mariateresa Cristani

21 November 2018

Ultra High molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) suffers wear degradation in total joint replacements and it needs to be improved. Thus, we enhanced wear resistance of UHMWPE with carbon nanofiller and paraffin oil and studied its tribological behav...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
10,563 Views
21 Pages

Synthesis and Properties of Novel Polyurethanes Containing Long-Segment Fluorinated Chain Extenders

  • Jia-Wun Li,
  • Hsun-Tsing Lee,
  • Hui-An Tsai,
  • Maw-Cherng Suen and
  • Chih-Wei Chiu

21 November 2018

In this study, novel biodegradable long-segment fluorine-containing polyurethane (PU) was synthesized using 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI) and 1H,1H,10H,10H-perfluor-1,10-decanediol (PFD) as hard segment, and polycaprolactone diol (PCL...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,062 Views
14 Pages

High-Performance Biobased Unsaturated Polyester Nanocomposites with Very Low Loadings of Graphene

  • Chengguo Liu,
  • Cuina Wang,
  • Jijun Tang,
  • Jing Zhang,
  • Qianqian Shang,
  • Yun Hu,
  • Hongxiao Wang,
  • Qiong Wu,
  • Yonghong Zhou and
  • Wen Lei
  • + 1 author

20 November 2018

Graphene-reinforced tung oil (TO)-based unsaturated polyester nanocomposites were prepared via in situ melt polycondensation intergrated with Diels–Alder addition. Functionalized graphene sheets derived from graphene oxide (GO) were then extrac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
8,907 Views
14 Pages

20 November 2018

In this study, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of hydrated anion-exchange membranes (AEMs), comprised of poly(p-phenylene oxide) (PPO) polymers functionalized with quaternary ammonium cationic groups, were conducted using multiscale coupling betw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,381 Views
15 Pages

19 November 2018

Polycaprolactone-g-glycidyl methacrylate (PCL-g-GMA), a reactive interfacial agent for PCL-starch blends, is synthesized using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) as reaction medium and relatively high molecular weight PCL (Mw = 50,000). Higher GMA...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,075 Views
12 Pages

19 November 2018

A current hot topic in polymer science is the development of electromagnetic wave-absorbing materials with desired properties (i.e., proper impedance matching and strong attenuation capability), but it presents a considerable challenge. In this work,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,903 Views
14 Pages

19 November 2018

Sterically hindered (S)-1,1′-binaphthyl-2,2′-diol had been successfully copolymerized with 4,4′-sulfonyldiphenol and 4,4′-difluorobenzophenone to yield fibrous poly(arylene ether ketone)s (PAEKs) containing various amounts of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,408 Views
9 Pages

18 November 2018

To improve the interfacial bonding and thermal stability of graphene oxide (GO)/polypropylene (PP) composite fibers, a composite fiber with PP as the matrix, GO as reinforcement and maleic anhydride-grafted PP (PP-g-MAH) as a compatibilizer was prepa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,649 Views
12 Pages

Isothermal Crystallization and Rheology Properties of Isotactic Polypropylene/Bacterial Cellulose Composite

  • Bo Wang,
  • Fu-hua Lin,
  • Xiang-yang Li,
  • Zhong-wei Zhang,
  • Xiao-rong Xue,
  • Si-xiao Liu,
  • Xu-ran Ji,
  • Qian Yu,
  • Zheng-qiu Yuan and
  • Xin-de Chen
  • + 1 author

18 November 2018

Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a new kind of cellulose with great potential in enhancing preparation of isotactic Polypropylene (iPP) composites, which have been found with excellent performance. However, the interface compatibility between BC and iPP i...

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