Studies on graft copolymerization onto cellulose derivatives. XXVII. Photo-induced graft copolymerization onto nitrocellulose

Photo-induced graft copolymerization was investigated using nitrocellulose having a different nitrogen content, especially by a noncatalytic method. The effects of a sample nitrogen content, reaction temperature, and monomer, sample, solvent and photosensitizer concentrations on the degree of grafting, the grafting efficiency, and the apparent number of grafted chains were examined. Methyl methacrylate (MMA) and methyl acrylate (MA) easily polymerized, but acrylamide (AAm), vinyl acetate (VAc), and styrene (St) scarcely polymerized. The apparent activation energies were 4.1–11.5 kcal/mol, indicating the small value in the high nitrogen content sample. The degree of grafting and the apparent number of grafted chains increased with increasing monomer and sample concentrations. In every case, the grafting efficiency was at a high level, above 90%. The polymerization did not occur without the sample in the same condition. Furthermore, a part of nitro groups split off by the irradiation of light. With respect to these results, the mechanisms of the photo graft copolymerization was discussed.     

Mechanism of graft copolymerization of styrene onto deproteinized natural rubber

High conversion and high grafting efficiency attained by graft copolymerization of styrene onto deproteinized natural rubber (DPNR) was investigated with respect to the molecular weight of grafted polystyrene. The graft copolymerization was performed with tert-butyl hydroperoxide/tetraethylenepentamine as an initiator after deproteinization of natural rubber with urea. Grafted polystyrene was isolated from the resulting graft copolymer by ozonolysis reaction. After the ozonolysis of the graft copolymer of DPNR and polystyrene (DPNR-g-PS), the molecular weight of grafted polystyrene was determined by size exclusion chromatography. Effects of initiator and monomer concentrations were investigated with respect to the molecular weight of the grafted polystyrene, which was found to depend on not only the number of active site generated on the rubber particle but also the feed of styrene. Deactivation and chain transfer of the active sites were attributed to effective amount of styrene used for the graft copolymerization.     

Cationic graft copolymerization of styrene onto chlorinated butyl rubber

The graft copolymerization of styrene onto chlorinated butyl rubber (Cl-IIR) with stannic chloride as cationic catalyst was studied in cyclohexane, and the rate of polymerization, per cent grafting and grafting efficiency were obtained. Polymerization was carried out in a sealed tube. The product was precipitated in methanol and dried. The increase in weight of Cl-IIR used was regarded as styrene conversion, and the increase in weight after extraction by boiling acetone as the weight of grafted styrene. Grafting was confirmed by fractional dissolution and infrared spectra. The rate of polymerization of styrene was proportional to concentrations of styrene, Cl-IIR and SnCl₄. The per cent grafting increased with styrene and SnCl₄ concentration, but was constant with Cl-IIR concentration. It also increased with time and with halogen content in the polymer. The addition of a polar solvent such as nitrobenzene greatly promoted the grafting reaction and the per cent grafting was 200%.     

Effects of solvent in photo-induced graft copolymerization of vinyl monomers on cellulose

The effects of swelling of the sample and polymerization solvents were studied for photo-induced graft copolymerization of vinyl monomers on cellulose. The graft copolymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) was activated by swelling of the sample or organic solvent-water solutions within a certain range of their concentrations. Though each organic solvent gave a maximum in per cent grafting and the number of grafts at about 25 vol-% concentration, the initiation reaction scarcely took place at 100% concentration; thus, the solvent itself is considered to have a negative effect. The solvents used in the experiments were all hydrophilic, such as methanol, acetone, and dioxane. The average molecular weight of the grafted PMMA differed in each solvent, indicating a different characteristic effect of solvent on the growing grafted polymer radicals. The presence of ferric ion as a sensitizer stimulated further the contributions of the sample swelling and the organic solvents to the copolymerization reaction. A similar effect was observed for styrene as for MMA, but not for acrylic acid and methacrylic acid.     

Pre-irradiation induced emulsion graft polymerization of acrylonitrile onto polyethylene nonwoven fabric

Acrylonitrile has been widely used in the modification of polymers by graft polymerization. In the present work, pre-irradiation induced emulsion graft polymerization method is used to introduce acrylonitrile onto PE nonwoven fabric instead of the traditional reaction in organic solvents system. The degree of grafting (DG) is measured by gravimetric method and the kinetics of the graft polymerization is studied. The existence of the graft chains is proven by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis. Thermal stability of the grafted polymer is measured by Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).     

Model simulation studies of complex free radical reactions: The graft copolymerization of styrene and acrylonitrile onto ethylene-propylene-isopropylidendicyclopentadiene terpolymer

A kinetic analysis without steady approximation of the graft copolymerization of styrene-acrylonitrile onto ethylene- propylene-isopropylidendicyclopentadiene terpolymer (EP-IPDCP) is described. Some of the kinetic constants were experimentally determined. The grafting process is interpreted mainly in terms of the attack on EP-IPDCP by benzoyloxy radicals; phenyl radicals play a minor negative role by enhancing the rate of homopolymerization. A major contribution to the grafting yield is made by the propagation steps in graft polymerization and by crossed termination between grafted and ungrafted chains; of minor importance are the cross terminations between ungrafted growing chains and rubber radicals. The ole played by the solvent (benzene) and by saturated and unsaturated units in the EP-IPDCP chains is analyzed. Diffusion effects caused by the poor solvent compatibility of grafted and ungrafted chains were taken into account by allowing the termination and propagation rate constants to change in a controlled way during the reaction. The trapping of EP-IPDCP units caused by the aggregation of polymer particles seems to be indispensable to explain the decreasing trend of the grafting efficiency curve. Other information of interest pertains to the distribution of initiating radicals among the various competing reactions in the process and to the data of concentrations versus reaction time for reactants, products, and free radical intermediates. The results of a sensitivity analysis and the rate constants used in the calculations are given.     

Polymers from renewable resources. II. A study in the radio chemical grafting of poly(styrene‐alt‐maleic anhydride) onto cellulose extracted from pine needles

A binary mixture of styrene and maleic anhydride has been graft copolymerized onto cellulose extracted from Pinus roxburghii needles. The reaction was initiated with gamma rays in air by the simultaneous irradiation method. Graft copolymerization was studied under optimum conditions of total dose of radiation, amount of water, and molar concentration previously worked out for grafting styrene onto cellulose. Percentage of total conversion (Pg), grafting efficiency (%), percentage of grafting (Pg), and rates of polymerization (R_p), grafting (R_g), and homopolymerization (R_h) have been determined as a function of maleic anhydride concentration. The high degree of kinetic regularity and the linear dependence of the rate of polymerization on maleic anhydride concentration, along with the low and nearly constant rate of homopolymerization suggest that the monomers first form a complexomer which then polymerizes to form grafted chains with an alternating sequence. Grafting parameters and reaction rates achieve maximum values when the molar ratio of styrene to maleic anhydride is 1 : 1. Further evidence for the alternating monomer sequence is obtained from quantitatively evaluating the composition of the grafted chains from the FT‐IR spectra, in which the ratio of anhydride absorbance to aromatic (CC) absorbance for the stretching bands assigned to the grafted monomers remained constant and independent of the feed ratio of maleic anhydride to styrene. Thermal behaviour of the graft copolymers revealed that all graft copolymers exhibit single stage decomposition with characteristic transitions at 161–165°C and 290–300°C. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 37: 1763–1769, 1999     

Effects of carbonyl and aldehyde groups in the graft copolymerization of methyl methacrylate on cellulose with a ceric salt

Graft copolymerization of methyl methacrylate on cellulosic materials of various carbonyl and aldehyde contents with the use of a ceric salt as an initiator was studied. It was found that the concentration of the ceric salt which gives the maximum per cent grafting is in good agreement with the equivalent of total carbonyl content in the cellulosic material, and the number of grafted chains in copolymers is roughly proportional to it. However, the molar ratio of the number of grafted chains to total carbonyl content is quite small, being approximately 1:50, and the graft copolymerization can be explained kinetically on the assumption that the number of radicals produced on cellulose by the ceric salt leading to branching is very much smaller than the number of radicals destroyed by the ceric salt, and growing radicals can be stabilized by the termination reaction with the ceric salt or with a cellulose radical. Although both aldehyde and carbonyl groups contribute to the formation of grafted chains, the former are effective mainly at low concentrations of the ceric salt; both groups participate in the production of graft copolymers showing the maximum per cent grafting.     

Graft copolymerization of acrylamide onto casein: A kinetic study

Polyacrylamide has been grafted onto casein in phosphate buffer medium using potassium peroxodisulfate as initiator. The influence of synthetic variables on percent grafting, grafting efficiency, rates of conversion of monomer, and the rates of graft copolymerization have been discussed. A possible kinetic scheme based on experimental results has been derived.     

Thermo- and pH-responsive polypropylene microporous membrane prepared by the photoinduced RAFT-mediated graft copolymerization

Thermo- and pH-responsive polypropylene microporous membrane prepared by photoinduced reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) graft copolymerization of acrylic acid and N-isopropyl acrylamide by using dibenzyltrithiocarbonate as a RAFT agent. Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR/FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) were used to characterize the structural and morphological changes on the membrane surface. Results of ATR/FT-IR and XPS clearly indicated that poly(acrylic acid) (PAAc) and poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAAm) were successfully grafted onto the membrane surface. The grafting chain length of PAAc on the membrane surface increased with the increase of UV irradiation time, and decreased with the increase of the concentration of chain transfer agent. The PAAc grafted membranes containing macro-chain transfer agents, or the living membrane surfaces were further functionalized via surface-initiated block copolymerization with N-isopropyl acrylamide in the presence of free radical initiator, 2,2′-azobisisobutyronitrile. It was found that PNIPAAm can be grafted onto the PAAc grafted membrane surface. The results demonstrated that polymerization of AAc and NIPAAm by the RAFT method could be accomplished under UV irradiation and the process possessing the living character. The PPMMs with PAAc and PNIPAAm grafting chains exhibited both pH- and temperature-dependent permeability to aqueous media.     

Graft copolymerization of butyl acrylate onto casein initiated by potassium diperiodatonickelate(IV) in alkaline medium

The novel redox system, potassium diperiodatonickelate (Ni(IV))-casein, was used to initiate graft copolymerization of butyl acrylate onto casein under heterogeneous conditions in aqueous 5% potassium hydroxide solution, which showed high grafting efficiency and percent grafting. FT i.r. spectroscopy, thermal analysis and scanning electron microscopy characterized the structures and properties of the grafted copolymer. The effects of synthesis variables in the graft copolymerization have been discussed in the light of grafting efficiency, percent grafting and the rate of polymerization. A possible initiation mechanism is proposed.     

Persulphate initiated graft copolymerization of methacrylamide in natural rubber latex—III. Characterization of graft copolymer

An investigation of the grafting efficiency of methacrylamide during graft polymerization in natural rubber latex has shown that the efficiency is independent of the initiator and rubber concentrations but increases markedly with temperature. The overall activation energy of the graft polymerization was found to be 25 ± 2 kcal mole^?1 greater than that for the corresponding homopolymerization. The molecular weight of the free homopolymer isolated from the graft copolymerization was very close to that of polymer isolated from the analogous homopolymerization, thus demonstrating that chain transfer with rubber hydrocarbon was unimportant. Electron micrographs of grafted and control latex particles confirm earlier conclusions that grafting occurs on the surface rather than the interior of the rubber particles.     

电火花引发丙烯酰胺接枝BOPP薄膜的研究

采用FT-IR,ESCA,试样与水接触角和接枝率的测定探索了电火花用于引发丙烯酰胺(AAM)在BOPP薄膜表面接枝聚合反应的方法,研究了接枝BOPP薄膜的表面结构和亲水性能。结果表明,电火花能有效地引发AAM在BOPP薄膜表面的接枝聚合反应,随着电火花处理时间和接枝反应时间的延长,AAM在BOPP薄膜表面的接枝率增大。电火花处理10min,BOPP薄膜在70℃,20%(质量分数)的AAM水溶液中反应1h,接枝率高达2.06%。接枝后BOPP薄膜与水的接触角显著下降,亲水性能得到明显改善。     

Gamma radiation induced graft copolymerization of vinyl monomers onto poly(vinyl alcohol)

In an attempt to modify water-soluble synthetic polymers, graft Copolymerization of methylmethacrylate (MMA) and ethyl acrylate (EA) onto poly(vinyl alcohol), PVA, has been studied by using gamma irradiation from a Co⁶⁰ source as initiator. The graft copolymerization was carried out in an aqueous medium by the mutual method in air. The effect of total dose and concentration of vinyl monomers on percentage of grafting has been determined. Water plays a significant role in the enhancement of graft copolymerization and the optimum amount of water to afford maximum grafting has been evaluated. The effect of CH₃OH on aqueous grafting of MMA and EA by radiation method has been studied. The graft copolymer has been characterized by IR spectroscopic and thermogravimetric methods.     

PEB/MMA-AN悬浮接枝共聚反应机理

研究了乙烯-1-丁烯共聚物(PEB)弹性体与甲基丙烯酸甲酯(MMA)-丙烯腈(AN)悬浮接枝共聚反应行为及接枝共聚产物对SAN树脂增韧作用随反应时间的变化规律, 用凝胶渗透色谱法和傅里叶变换红外光谱法对接枝共聚产物进行了表征, 分析了接枝共聚反应机理, 推算了接枝链分子量. 结果表明, 体系首先发生链增长自由基向PEB转移终止形成非接枝共聚物(MAN_L)和PEB大分子自由基引发单体共聚形成接枝链(g-MAN)的反应, 接枝反应结束后体系发生明显的非接枝共聚形成非接枝共聚物(MAN_H)的反应; MAN_L的分子量低于g-MAN的分子量, 而g-MAN的分子量明显低于MAN_H的分子量; 在接枝共聚过程中发生已接枝和未接枝PEB断链并随机再接生成多嵌段共聚物的副反应; 在反应初期, 接枝链的AN单元含量接近于非接枝共聚物的AN单元含量, 在反应中后期前者远低于后者.     

Photo-induced graft copolymerization of methyl methacrylate on cellulose

Graft copolymerization initiated by ultraviolet light irradiation at 40°C in a hard glass vessel under nitrogen was examined. The graft copolymerization was observed to occur easily after some induction period without any use of photosensitizer, though it was found the per cent grafting and the grafting efficiency were markedly affected by the quantities of cellulose and monomer. In the system without cellulose, homopolymerization of methyl methacrylate hardly took place, but the use of cellulose caused the formation of homopolymer too, and a grafting efficiency in the range of 60–80% generally resulted. Ferric chloride or sodium anthraquinone-2,7-disulfonate (AQ) acted on the polymerization reaction as photosensitizers to reduce its induction period. Though ferric chloride acted to develop both the per cent grafting and the number of grafts, not the same effects were observed with AQ. Oxalic acid, which was employed with the object of eliminating very small amount of metals contained in cellulose, was found to act favorably in the formation of grafts, much like ferric chloride.     

Graft copolymerization onto jute fiber: Ceric ion-initiated graft copolymerization of methyl methacrylate

Graft copolymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) was carried out on both defatted and bleached jute fibers using ceric ammonium sulfate (CAS) as the initiator. In order to obtain the optimum condition for grafting, the effects of initiator concentrations, temperature, time of reaction, lignin content of jute, and the monomer concentration were studied. The maximum percent grafting and grafting efficiency were found to be 132% and 0.71, respectively. Kinetic studies showed that at 0.03M CAS, the reaction appeared to obey the second-order process. The activation energies were found to be 7.74 and 5.12 kcal/mole for defatted (lignin content, 15.7%) and chlorite-bleached jute (lignin content 10%), respectively. The activation energies of graft copolymerization of MMA onto jute fiber are compared with the energies of activation of graft copolymerization of acrylonitrile (AN).     

A study of the graft copolymerization of methacrylic acid onto starch using the H2O2/Fe++ redox system

Graft copolymerization of methacrylic acid (MetAc) onto potato starch using H₂O₂/Fe⁺⁺ redox system was investigated. The best conditions of the grafting reaction were determined and several variables were studied: initiator and monomer concentrations, time, and temperature. Percent grafting efficiency, percent grafting, percent grafted monomer conversion, and total conversion were obtained. The optimum graft yield was obtained at 7.3 × 10^?3M H₂O₂ concentration and it was favored by increasing the methacrylic acid concentration and reaction time.     

Grafting copolymerization of styrene and maleic anhydride binary monomer systems induced by UV irradiation

Photografting copolymerization of maleic anhydride (MAH) and styrene (St) onto LDPE film was investigated by using a one-step method, and further thermally induced grafting copolymerization of them was carried out by using a two-step method. Regarding the photografting copolymerization of MAH/St binary monomer system, both conversion percentage (CP) and grafting efficiency (GE) increased with raising the content of MAH in the monomer feed. In addition, the content of MAH in the grafted copolymers also increased with increasing the fraction of MAH in the monomer feed. The formation of LDPE-g-P(MAH-co-St) grafted film was identified by FTIR and ESCA spectroscopy. In the case of grafting copolymerization of MAH/St by the two-step method, grafting copolymerization proceeded slowly compared with the non-grafting copolymerization. The apparent activation energy (E_a) for the non-grafting copolymerization in the solution and the grafting copolymerization on LDPE film was 24 and 82 kJ/mol, respectively, which were noticeably lower than those of MAH/vinyl acetate (MAH/VAC) binary monomer system under the similar grafting conditions. These data of E_a explained why the grafting copolymerization of styrene/MAH took place faster than that of MAH/VAC binary monomer system. The composition of the grafted copolymer chains was largely affected by the composition of the monomer feeds; however, the composition of the non-grafted copolymers nearly remained at 1/1 even in systems with largely different MAH/styrene ratios in monomer feeds. It is indicated that the non-grafting copolymerization proceeded predominantly following alternating copolymerization, but the grafting copolymerization performed random copolymerization.     

Preparation and characterization of a homobifunctional silicone rubber membrane grafted with acrylic acid via plasma-induced graft copolymerization

Polyacrylic acid (PAA) was grafted onto the surface of silicone rubber membrane (SR) by plasma-induced graft copolymerization (PIP). Ar-plasma was used to activate the surface of SR. Also, a determination was made of the influences of plasma treatment power, pressure, time, grafted copolymerization reaction time, and monomer concentration on polymerization yield. The surface properties of SR were measured by ATR-FTIR, ESCA, and SIMS. In those analyses, the elemental composition and different carbon bindings on the surface of SR were examined by ESCA with the amount of O1s/C1s being approximately 0.7 at 60 s by Ar-plasma treatment (60 W, 200 mtorr). The peroxide group introduced on SR was measured via 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryhydrazyl (DPPH). The optimum amount of peroxide groups was 6.85 × 10⁻⁸ mol/cm² at 60 s of Ar-plasma treatment. The peroxide group (33D peak) was introduced onto the surface of SR by negative spectra of SIMS analysis after SR treatment by Ar-plasma. An increase was obtained in grafted polymerization yield with a region of 5 to 50% (v/v) of acrylic acid aqueous solution. Both sites of polyacrylic acid were detected after staining by toluidine blue O. That is, a homobifunctional membrane was developed via this surface modification method. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.