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Polymer Bulletin, Vol.41, No.6, 645-651, 1998
Preparation and characteristics of chitosan-g-PDMS copolymer
Chitosan-g-poly (dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) copolymer was prepared by grafting PDMS prepolymer onto chitosan. PDMS prepolymer was prepared by ionic ring opening polymerization of octamethylcyclotrisiloxane (D-4) using n-buthyl-lithium (BuLi). The tensile strength and elongation of chitosan-g-PDMS copolymer were mostly constant regardless of PDMS prepolymer grafting %. While critical surface energy of chitosan is about 32 dyne/cm, that of chitosan-g-PDMS copolymer was a little decreased to 25 similar to 29 dyne/cm by grafting PDMS onto chitosan.
Keywords:METHACRYLATE;ENERGY