Preparation of Chitin/Polystyrene Hybrid Materials by Efficient Graft Copolymerization Based on Mercaptochitin
Preparation of Chitin/Polystyrene Hybrid Materials by Efficient Graft Copolymerization Based on Mercaptochitin
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基于巯基甲壳素的高效接枝共聚制备甲壳素/聚苯乙烯杂化材料
DOI:
10.1021/ma951184i
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发表时间:
1996
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影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
S. Nishimura
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作者:
K. Kurita;Soichiro Hashimoto;H. Yoshino;S. Ishii;S. Nishimura
Graft copolymerization of styrene onto mercaptochitin has been examined. Chitin was first tosylated to give tosylchitin, which was subsequently transformed into mercaptochitin. Athough the graft copolymerization was carried out in suspension, it proceeded efficiently to give chitin derivatives having polystyrene branches, a novel type of hybrid materials composed of a natural polysaccharide and a synthetic polymer. Under appropriate conditions, the grafting percentage reached 970%, indicating the high efficiency of the mercaptochitin as an initiator for the polymerization of styrene. The resulting graft copolymers exhibited glass transition phenomena at 115 °C and showed high swelling in organic solvents as a result of the introduction of polystyrene branches. Hydrolytic degradation of the chitin main chain allowed the isolation of the side chains, and the polystyrene isolated from the graft copolymer with a grafting percentage of 940% had Mn, Mw, and Mw/Mn values of 9.74 × 104, 2.55 × 105, and 2.62. Thes...