The effect of composition and the level of crosslinking of the poly(methylmethacrylate) phase on the properties of natural rubber-poly(methylmethacrylate) semi-2 interpenetrating polymer networks

Ionic Liquid-Nanostructured Poly(Methyl Methacrylate)

Here, ionic liquids (ILs) based on imidazolium and ammonium cations were used as modifying agents for poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) by extrusion. The effects of the chemical nature of the cation and/or counter anion on the resulting properties of IL-modified PMMA blends were analyzed. It was found that the use of low amounts of ILs (2 wt.%) improved the thermal stability. A plasticizing effect of ILs is evidenced by a decrease in glass transition temperature Tg of the modified PMMA, allowing to get large strains at break (i.e., up to 280% or 400%) compared to neat PMMA. The deformation and fracture mechanisms of PMMA under uniaxial tensile stress (i.e., crazing) reveal that the presence of IL delayed the strain during the initiation step of crazing.

PK, Kalarikkal N, Thomas S. Thermoplastic–elastomer composition based on an interpenetrating polymeric network of styrene butadiene rubber–poly(methyl methacrylate) as an efficient vibrational damper

A new series of interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) and semi-IPNs based on styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) and poly[methyl methacrylate] (PMMA) have been synthesized by sequential polymerization.

Molecular dynamics simulation on the mechanical properties of natural-rubber-graft-rigid-polymer/rigid-polymer systems

Explanation of the experimental phenomenon of modified natural-rubber using a MD method.

Energetic interpenetrating polymer network (EIPN): enhanced thermo-mechanical properties of NCO-fMWCNTs/HTPB PU and alkyne-fMWCNTs/acyl-GAP based nanocomposite and its propellants

Novel energetic interpenetrating polymer network (EIPN) nanocomposite comprised of fMWCNTs covalently attached to HTPB and GAP by facile in situ polymerization technique.

Energetic hybrid polymer network (EHPN) through facile sequential polyurethane curation based on the reactivity differences between glycidyl azide polymer and hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene

To improve the thermo-mechanical properties of glycidyl azide polymer and hydroxyl terminated polybutadiene based propellants, a facile sequential polymerization approach was used to prepare an energetic hybrid polymer network by stepwise curation.

Energetic interpenetrating polymer network based on orthogonal azido–alkyne click and polyurethane for potential solid propellant

High energetic propellants with synergistic mechanical strength are the prerequisites for aerospace industry and missile technology; though glycidyl azide polymer (GAP) is a renowned and a promising energetic polymer which shows poor mechanical and low-temperature properties.

A review of polymeric refabrication techniques to modify polymer properties for biomedical and drug delivery applications

Polymers are extensively used in the pharmaceutical and medical field because of their unique and phenomenal properties that they display. They are capable of demonstrating drug delivery properties that are smart and novel, such properties that are not achievable by employing the conventional excipients. Appropriately, polymeric refabrication remains at the forefront of process technology development in an endeavor to produce more useful pharmaceutical and medical products because of the multitudes of smart properties that can be attained through the alteration of polymers. Small alterations to a polymer by either addition, subtraction, self-reaction, or cross reaction with other entities have the capability of generating polymers with properties that are at the level to enable the creation of novel pharmaceutical and medical products. Properties such as stimuli-responsiveness, site targeting, and chronotherapeutics are no longer figures of imaginations but have become a reality through utilizing processes of polymer refabrication. This article has sought to review the different techniques that have been employed in polymeric refabrication to produce superior products in the pharmaceutical and medical disciplines. Techniques such as grafting, blending, interpenetrating polymers networks, and synthesis of polymer complexes will be viewed from a pharmaceutical and medical perspective along with their synthetic process required to attain these products. In addition to this, each process will be evaluated according to its salient features, impeding features, and the role they play in improving current medical devices and procedures.