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Grafting of Polystyrene and Poly(sodium styrene sulfonate) on the Surface of Poly(vinylidene fluoride) via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization: Synthesis and Characterization

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Taher Gharib Yousefabad 1
Maral Ghahramani 1
Mehran Javanbakht 2
1 Polymer Reaction Engineering Department, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Chemistry, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/jogpt.2023.396448.1120
Abstract
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP) is a beneficial technique for the preparation and design of multifunctional and nanostructured materials for a variety of applications. Macromolecular structure, order and functionality are of the most important factors and considerations in polymer science and ATRP enables precise control over these factors. This method aids synthesizing novel engineering polymeric materials which play an absolutely essential role in all aspects of our lives and there is a “must” to develop new and green methods to synthesize and produce novel materials as best as we can. In this research, we have synthesized novel graft copolymers of PVDF-g-PS and PVDF-g-PSSA via ATRP which have a variety of applications from membranes to Li-Ion batteries. These materials can be used to enhance the properties of Li-ion batteries’ separator operation. The characterization of the final copolymers was performed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) analyses. The grafting percentages obtained from 1H-NMR analyses are reported to be 2%, 13% and 44% for PVDF-g-PS (I), PVDF-g-PS (II) and PVDF-g-PSSA copolymer samples, respectively.
Keywords
Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP)
Grafting from
Copolymerization
PVDF
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Journal of Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Technology
Volume 10, Issue 2
August 2023
Pages 86-94