Crosslinker co‐polymerisation for property control in inverse vulcanisation
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Authors
Colleges, School and Institutes
Abstract
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.
Details
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10433-10440 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Chemistry: A European Journal |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 44 |
| Early online date | 28 May 2019 |
| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 28 May 2019 |
Keywords
- inverse vulcanization, mechanical properties, polymers, sulfur, sustainable polymers