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Synthesis and characterization of oxazoline homopolymers, random and block copolymers

Cai, Gangfeng
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1055356803

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1991, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Macromolecular Science.
This dissertation is concerned with the synthesis and characterization of several series of highly crystallizable homopolymers, block and random copolymers from 2-substituted 2-oxazolines. Phenyl (P) and Undecyl (U) oxazoline diblock (PU) and triblock (UPU) copolymers with almost the same P block length (about 10 monomer units) and various U block lengths (19-55 monomer units) were synthesized. They all have high water contact angles (geq107° for most of the block copolymers), low critical surface energies (21 dynes/cm), and low peel strength with pressure sensitive adhesives at room temperature for a short time after application. Their peel strength increases at elevated temperatures and/or long dwell times. Therefore two undecyl homopolymers with relatively high molecular weights (monomer/initiator ratio, M/I = 99 and 510) were made and tested as abhesives. It was found that unlike the phenyl/undecyl block copolymers, the undecyl homopolymers retain good adhesive properties up to 100°C. We attached a bulky, flexible siloxanyl group to the tail of the highly crystallizable alkyl side chain of decenyl oxazoline to see the effect of a bulky non-polar group on the polymer properties. 10-(pentamethyl disiloxanyl) decyl oxazoline (Si) was copolymerized with undecyl (U) or nonyl (N) oxazoline. Two series of random copolymers, U/Si and N/Si, were made with a total degree of polymerization of 100 and narrow molecular weight distributions. As we expected, their critical surface energies are almost the same as those of undecyl polymers, 21 dynes/cm, because their surfaces also consist of methyl groups. More interestingly, these two random copolymers crystallize two dimensionally over a broad composition range (10-65 mol.% of Si for N/Si copolymers, 10-50 mol.% of Si for U/Si copolymers). This proposed new crystalline structure was supported by both DSC (differential scanning calorimetry) and WAXD (wide angle x-ray diffraction) data.
Morton Litt (Advisor)
215 p.
Chemistry, Polymer
oxazoline homopolymers block copolymers

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  • Cai, G. (1991). Synthesis and characterization of oxazoline homopolymers, random and block copolymers [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1055356803

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  • Cai, Gangfeng. Synthesis and characterization of oxazoline homopolymers, random and block copolymers. 1991. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1055356803.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cai, Gangfeng. "Synthesis and characterization of oxazoline homopolymers, random and block copolymers." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1055356803

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