TY - JOUR
T1 - Crosslinker co‐polymerisation for property control in inverse vulcanisation
AU - Smith, Jessica
AU - Green, Sarah
AU - Petcher, Samuel
AU - Parker, Dougles
AU - Zhang, Bowen
AU - Worthington, Max
AU - Wu, Xiaofeng
AU - Kelly, Catherine
AU - Baker, Thomas
AU - Gibson, Christopher
AU - Campbell, Johnathon
AU - Lewis, David
AU - Jenkins, Michael
AU - Willcock, Helen
AU - Chalker, Justin
AU - Hasell, Tom
PY - 2019/5/28
Y1 - 2019/5/28
N2 - Sulfur is an underused by-product of the petrochemicals industry. Recent research into inverse vulcanization has shown how this excess sulfur can be transformed into functional polymers, by stabilization with organic crosslinkers. For these interesting new materials to realize their potential for applications, more understanding and control of their physical properties is needed. Here we report four new terpolymers prepared from sulfur and two distinct alkene monomers that can be predictively tuned in glass transition, molecular weight, solubility, mechanical properties, and color.
AB - Sulfur is an underused by-product of the petrochemicals industry. Recent research into inverse vulcanization has shown how this excess sulfur can be transformed into functional polymers, by stabilization with organic crosslinkers. For these interesting new materials to realize their potential for applications, more understanding and control of their physical properties is needed. Here we report four new terpolymers prepared from sulfur and two distinct alkene monomers that can be predictively tuned in glass transition, molecular weight, solubility, mechanical properties, and color.
KW - inverse vulcanization
KW - mechanical properties
KW - polymers
KW - sulfur
KW - sustainable polymers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068921738&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/chem.201901619
DO - 10.1002/chem.201901619
M3 - Article
SN - 0947-6539
VL - 25
SP - 10433
EP - 10440
JO - Chemistry: A European Journal
JF - Chemistry: A European Journal
IS - 44
ER -