Dhruba J. Haloi

TL;DR: In this paper, a tailor-made poly(2-ethylhexyl acrylate) (PEHA) was prepared via in situ living radical polymerization in the presence of layered silicates and characterization of this polymer/clay nanocomposite.

TL;DR: Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis of AB and ABA block copolymers showed scattering behavior inside the measuring limits indicating nanophase separation, however, SAXS pattern of AB diblockCopolymers indicated general phase separation only, whereas for ABA triblock copolymer an ordered or mixed morphology could be deduced, which is assumed to be the reason for the better mechanical properties achieved with ABABlocks.

TL;DR: In this paper, the atom transfer radical copolymerization (ATRcP) of GMA and PEHA was carried out in bulk and in toluene at 70 °C at different molar feed ratios using CuCl as catalyst in combination with 2,2′-bypyridine (bpy) as a ligand.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported the preparation and characterization of poly(2-ethylhexyl acrylate) (PEHA)/clay nanocomposite from nanoclay surface via surface initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (SI-ATRP).

TL;DR: In this paper, a brush-type graft copolymerization of EHA using ATRgP was reported, and the kinetic plot of monomer conversion versus reaction time was found to be linear, which is the typical characteristic of a living controlled polymerization.