Convenient and industrially viable internal plasticization of poly(vinyl chloride): copolymerization of vinyl chloride and commercial monomers

Synthesis of a Vinyl Chloride-Methyl Acrylate Random Copolymer with Controllable Copolymer Composition and Its Processing Features in Rigid PVC

“…Among various techniques, random copolymerization of vinyl chloride (VC) with other comonomer is commonly adopted in the industry. 8 A high-performance PVC based copolymer with low plasticizing temperature, high flexibility, and other expected properties can be obtained directly by integrating the features of a single comonomer without multistep reactions. 2 Nevertheless, controllability of the chemical composition and structure is the prerequisite for the achievement of desirable properties.…”

“…However, the inherent features, e.g., strong polarity, poor heat resistance, brittleness, and rigidness, brought barriers in both processability and application scenarios. Extensive techniques such as physical blending, grafting polymerization, block copolymerization, and random copolymerization have been developed and offered powerful strategy to tailor PVC resin with desirable performances. Among various techniques, random copolymerization of vinyl chloride (VC) with other comonomer is commonly adopted in the industry .…”

“…Extensive techniques such as physical blending, grafting polymerization, block copolymerization, and random copolymerization have been developed and offered powerful strategy to tailor PVC resin with desirable performances. Among various techniques, random copolymerization of vinyl chloride (VC) with other comonomer is commonly adopted in the industry . A high-performance PVC based copolymer with low plasticizing temperature, high flexibility, and other expected properties can be obtained directly by integrating the features of a single comonomer without multistep reactions .…”