Construction of Crosslink-System-Materials Utilizing Designed Network-Polymer-Precursor Modules

• Published in: Macromolecular Symposia Vol. 306-307; no. 1; pp. 89 - 98
• Main Author: Matsumoto, Akira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01.09.2011; Wiley; WILEY‐VCH Verlag
• Subjects: Construction; crosslink-system-material; Crosslinking; Design engineering; free-radical polymerization; Modules; multiallyl monomer; multivinyl monomer; Nanocomposites; Nanomaterials; Nanostructure; network polymer precursor; Networks
• ISSN: 1022-1360; 1521-3900; 1521-3900
• DOI: 10.1002/masy.201000123

For a long time, we have been concerned with the elucidation of network formation mechanism of free‐radical crosslinking (co)polymerization of multivinyl monomers. We have pursued two extreme network structures formation such as ideal and nanogel‐like NPP formation. During the course of these investigations, we recognized that a network polymer may be reconsidered as a crosslink‐system‐material (CSM) or a giant system consisting of network polymer precursor (NPP) modules. The network polymer is not a giant molecule as a smallest unit of matter which could behave as one molecule. According to this definition, our subject may be changed from the molecular design of network polymer to the molecular design of NPP based on the free‐radical crosslinking multivinyl polymerization mechanism. Then, we could construct a variety of CSMs utilizing designed NPP modules. A variety of CSM constructions are exemplified.