Dsouza, R. F.; Parthiban, A., Gel forming waterborne dispersion polymerization of sodium p-styrene sulfonate with glycidyl methacrylate. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2018, 56 (6), 626-634.
Abstract:
Water soluble monomer like sodium p‐styrene sulfonate (SSS) is copolymerized with hydrophobic and reactive monomer glycidyl methacrylate (GMA). The polymerization proceeds as dispersion and forms gels. The gel forming nature prevails even with other hydrophobic and hydrophilic monomers to form ternary polymeric systems. The swelling is dependent on polymer composition as well as the treatment history of polymers. SSS also induces ring opening of GMA to form 1,2‐diols as confirmed independently by various model reactions. The ability of hydrogels to absorb various dyes indicates that owing to the anionic nature, hydrogels absorb cationic dyes nearly quantitatively. Because of their strong affinity to cationic species these hydrogel forming polymers are potentially useful in water purification applications as well as purification of proteins.
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This work was funded by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore under Environmentally Friendly Specialty Products Programme.
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Dsouza, R. F.; Parthiban, A., Gel forming waterborne dispersion polymerization of sodium p-styrene sulfonate with glycidyl methacrylate. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry 2018, 56 (6), 626-634., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.28936. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.