Plasma-induced copolymerization of hydrochloride of N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate and acrylamide

Abstract

A super alcohol-absorbing resin, with absorbency of 106 g/g for methanol, was polymerized from the hydrochloride of N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DM) and acrylamide (AM) by plasma-induced polymerization at lower temperatures in water solutions. Many factors affecting the absorbing properties, such as post-polymerization time, monomer concentration, plasma duration, plasma discharge power, monomer ratio, et al., were studied. The reasons for the absorbing alcohol of resins was also discussed. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 84: 729–734, 2002; DOI 10.1002/app.10086