Composition‐dependent crystallization behavior of copolyperoxides from methyl methacrylate and 4‐vinylbenzyl stearate

Methyl Methacrylate-Based Copolymers: Recent Developments in the Areas of Transparent and Stretchable Active Matrices

The recent advancements of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as a transparent flexible polymer material have been utilized in numerous areas of engineering and materials science. PMMA-based copolymers demonstrate outstanding mechanical and optical properties owing to high transparency, lightweight nature, high impact resistance, and stress relaxation across glass transition temperature. These copolymers have unique characteristics of retaining optical and microstructural integrities during successive bending or elongations which make them an attractive choice for materials of stretchable electronics. In particular, there has been an escalated rise in the use of methyl methacrylate (MMA)-based transparent and stretchable copolymer films during the recent decades. Therefore, we have highlighted these recent developments into a comprehensive review in order to aid the future progress in these diverse fields. Herein, we have highlighted the scope of MMA as an important building block for the synthesis of highly transparent and flexible materials. The synthetic pathways of these copolymer materials and the resulting mechanical properties have been discussed. Moreover, the immense scope of these copolymer films has been highlighted by virtue of their applications in various industries.

Controls and Effects of Monomer Junctions and Sequences in Curable and Degradable Polyarylate Containing Acrylate Moieties

In contrast to solution polymerization, interfacial polymerization of α-(chloromethyl)acryloyl chloride and bisphenol Z results in fast esterification and slow ether formation, affording regulated monomer junctions. The controlled structure increases the crystallinity of the resulting polymers. In addition, terpolymerization with dicarboxylic acid chloride results in controlled monomer sequences with uniformly distributed acrylate moieties, leading to efficient curability.

Crystallization and thermal performance of poly(acrylonitrile-co-alkyl acrylate) comb-like polymeric phase change materials with various side-chain lengths

With an enhanced shape-stabilized performance, PANAn PCMs tuned by varying the alkyl side-chain lengths demonstrate a prospective TES application.