Thiol-functionalized nanogels as reactive plasticizers for crosslinked polymer networks.

ABSTRACT: Significant efforts have been expended to mitigate plasticizer migration from crosslinked methacrylic and poly(vinyl chloride) polymer networks by synthesizing reactive plasticizers that can blend homogenously within the networks to reduce polymer property change, acute toxicity and downstream environmental effects of plasticizer migration with limited and varying amount of success. We hypothesized that appropriate thiol-functionalized nanogels synthesized using the same monomers as the parent network to generate highly compact, crosslinked structures will form thermally stable, homogenous networks and perform as optimal reactive plasticizers. Nanogels were synthesized via a thiol-Michael addition solution polymerization and incorporated at different mass ratios within a polyethylene glyco

SUBMITTER: Saraswathy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5582010 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature