The physico-chemical characterization of poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-methacrylic acid): 1. Effect of PEG 400 on the tacticity and reactivity ratios

Tailoring Properties of 3D-Printable Polyelectrolyte Photopolymer Complexes with Reactive Diluents

“…One potential reason for multiple transition temperatures could be the microstructure of the copolymer formed between MAA and HEMA and/or DMAAm. In any pairing of these three monomers, literature reactivity ratios have been demonstrated to be extremely asymmetric, with reactivity ratios (i.e., the relative tendency of a growing polymer chain to add another identical monomer vs a comonomer) in excess of 10. − This will lead to a more “blocky” arrangement of monomers in the copolymer, which could yield a material with multiple glass transition temperatures . Unfortunately, only PEC-I parts showed an observable glass transition temperature ( T g ) in differential scanning calorimetry (DSC, Figure S6), so there is no means to confirm the presence of multiple T g ’s calorimetrically for the reactive diluent resins.…”

Radiation grafting of N,N′-dimethylacrylamide and 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate onto polypropylene films by one step method

“…The hydrogel obtained from the polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) is well known for its biocompatibility (Wichterle and Lim, 1960;Hoffman, 2006), its hydrophilic character (Gregonis et al, 1978;Verhoeven et al, 1989), and its antimicrobial properties (Tomic et al, 2010). Thus, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate is considered to have great potential in biotechnological applications.…”