Synthesis of a novel superabsorbent hydrogel by copolymerization of acrylamide and cashew gum modified with glycidyl methacrylate

Copolymers of glycidyl methacrylate and octadecyl acrylate: synthesis, characterization, swelling properties, and reactivity ratios

“…Glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) is one of the interesting functional monomers with a wide range of industrial applications. Polymers based on GMA have been utilized as surface coatings [4], leather adhesives [5], pharmaceutical use for drug delivery [6], dental composites [7], superabsorbents [8], ion exchanger resin [9], nonlinear optical material [10], compatibilizer [11], and surface modifier [12]. The greatest advantage of GMA-based polymers is the presence of an easily transformable epoxy group, which permits a large number of chemical reactions [13,14].…”

Homopolymer and copolymers of 4‐cyanophenyl acrylate with glycidyl methacrylate: Synthesis, characterization, thermal properties, and determination of monomer reactivity ratios

“…7 Aromatic polymers are known as a class of high-temperature resistant polymers, possessing properties such as high-tensile strength, high glass transition temperatures, etc. [8][9][10][11] The presence of the oxirane group in glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) polymers, and copolymers favor further chemical modification for various applications such as leather adhesives, [12][13][14][15] pharmaceutical use for drug delivery, 16,17 pressure sensitive adhesives, 18 dental composites, 19 superabsorbents, 20 nonlinear optical material, 21 etc.…”

Chemically Modified Natural Polysaccharides to Form Gels

“…Since this reaction occurs easily at room temperature with no need for a catalyst, the vinyl group remains unreacted, allowing for the subsequent material to be purified and mixed with other reagents easily. Examples of this include the grafting of glycidyl methacrylate onto cashew gum (Guilherme and Reis 2005), galactomannan (Reis et al 2003), dextran (Hennink et al 1996;De Smedt et al 1995), and hyaluronic acid (Leach et al 2004). This allows these macromers to be subsequently reacted into semisynthetic hydrogels.…”