Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, Vol.34, No.4, 673-677, 1996
Interpenetrating and Pseudo-Interpenetrating Polymer Networks of Polyethylacrylate and Zeolite 13X
Free radical polymerization of liquid ethylacrylate in the presence of zeolite 13X yielded PIPNs without crosslinker and IPNs if the crosslinker ethylene glycol dimethacrylate was present. We studied these materials both unextracted as well as partially extracted with a variety of solvents using DSC, SEM as well as Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS). These studies suggest that in the composites polyethylacrylate chains entered the internal pores of the zeolite. These chains had an extended state and did not exhibit a bulk glass transition, a similar behavior to that previously reported for polystyrene/zeolite 13X composite.
Keywords:POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE