Macroporous Oil-Sorbents with a High Absorption Capacity and High-Temperature Tolerance Prepared through Cryo-Polymerization.

ABSTRACT: The facile preparation and admirable performance of macro-porous poly(lauryl acrylate)-based oil-sorbents for organic solvents and oils are reported in this manuscript. Cryo-polymerizations of lauryl acrylate (LA) with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as the cross-linker were carried out at temperatures below the freezing point of the polymerization mixture. The polymerization medium and pore-forming agent was 1,4-dioxane. The influences of the total monomer concentration, EGDMA content and cryo-polymerization temperature on the structure of the obtained P(LA-co-EGDMA) cryogels were investigated with the techniques of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, contact angle measurement and thermo-gravimetric analysis. Through the modulation of the crosslin

SUBMITTER: Haleem A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6835346 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature