• Login
    View Item 
    •   NWU-IR Home
    • Research Output
    • Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
    • View Item
    •   NWU-IR Home
    • Research Output
    • Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Chemical oxidative polymerization of m-phenylenediamine and its derivatives using aluminium triflate as a co-catalyst

    Thumbnail
    Date
    2013
    Author
    Amer, Ismael
    Young, Desmond Austin
    Vosloo, Hermanus C.M.
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Aromatic diamine monomers, including m-phenylenediamine (mPD), 2-methyl-m-phenylenediamine (2Me-mPD), 4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine (4Me-mPD) and trimethyl-mphenylenediamine (tMe-mPD), were polymerized by chemical oxidation using ammonium persulfate as an oxidant. Aluminium triflate (Al(OTf)3) was also used for the first time as a co-catalyst under various polymerization conditions. The polymerization yield was improved when Al(OTf)3 was introduced to the polymerization reaction for most polymers. The poly(2-methyl-m-phenylenediamine) (P(2Me-mPD)), poly(4-methyl-m-phenylenediamine) (P(4Me-mPD)) and poly(trimethyl-m-phenylenediamine) (P(tMe-mPD)) polymers exhibited better solubility than poly(m-phenylenediamine) (P(mPD)) polymers in most common solvents. The homopolymers obtained were characterized by FT-IR, 1H and 13C NMR, WAXD and TGA. The results showed that the yield, solubility and structure of the polymers are significantly dependent on the polymerization conditions. TGA measurements indicated that the polymers have good thermal stability and decompose above 400 C in nitrogen.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10394/13845
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2013.06.031
    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014305713003017
    Collections
    • Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences [4788]

    Copyright © North-West University
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of NWU-IR Communities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsAdvisor/SupervisorThesis TypeThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsAdvisor/SupervisorThesis Type

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Copyright © North-West University
    Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV