Material encapsulation in poly(methyl methacrylate) shell: A review

Material encapsulation is a relatively new technique for coating a micro/nanosize particle or droplet with polymeric or inorganic shell. Encapsulation technology has many applications in various fields including drug delivery, cosmetic, agriculture, thermal energy storage, textile, and self-healing polymers. Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is widely used as shell material in encapsulation due to its high chemical stability, biocompatibility, nontoxicity, and good mechanical properties. The main approach for micro/nanoencapsulation of materials using PMMA as shell comprises emulsion-based techniques such as emulsion polymerization and solvent evaporation from oil-in-water emulsion. In the present review, we first focus on the encapsulation techniques of liquid materials with PMMA shell by analyzing the effective processing parameters influencing the preparation of PMMA micro/nanocapsules. We then describe the morphology of PMMA capsules in emulsion systems according to thermodynamic relations. The techniques to investigation of mechanical properties of capsule shell and the release mechanisms of core material from PMMA capsules were also investigated. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2019 , 136, 48039.     

Spray coating process variable and property analysis of UV-curable polyurethane acrylate coating on polycarbonate substrate

A series of spray coating experiments were conducted on an UV-curable, polyurethane-modified, acrylate-based coating formulation with the aim to control defects, coating thickness, and thickness variation. Statistical approaches including design of experiment, residual examination, analysis of variance, and t-test were used in designing the experiments and analyzing data. Viscosity of formulation, atomizing pressure, liquid feeding pressure, distance between nozzle and substrate, and travel speed of substrate were the process variables studied. The ranges of process variables that gave defect-free coating were identified and used in the subsequent experiments to determine process variables and interactions that had significant contribution to the changes in coating thickness and thickness variation. All process variables studied were found to have contribution to the change in coating thickness, but they showed no significant contribution to the variation of coating thickness. No interaction displayed significant contribution. Confirmation tests performed on extra samples prepared with varying coating thicknesses indicated a good agreement with the experimental results. Additional samples were tested for total transmittance, transmission haze, adhesion, surface roughness, hardness, scratch hardness, abrasion resistance, and durability to attack of car wash chemicals. Spray coated samples showed slight improvement in the total transmittance over the uncoated samples, while maintaining the transmission haze and exhibiting rougher surfaces. Only samples with thin coatings were found to possess sufficient adhesion to the substrate. These thin coatings gave improved hardness, scratch hardness, and durability to car wash attack to the level comparable to commercial coated polycarbonate headlamp lenses, whilst giving better abrasion resistance.     

Relationship between the adhesion properties of UV-curable alumina suspensions and the functionalities and structures of UV-curable acrylate monomers for DLP-based ceramic stereolithography

Digital light processing (DLP)-based ceramic stereolithography has attracted significant attentions due to the high printing speed and high dimensional accuracy of DLP printers. However, undesired dropping of unfinished ceramic parts during printing, owing to inadequate adhesion between the first cured layer and the substrate of the building platform, still remains a challenge. In this study, the relationship between the adhesion properties of ultraviolet (UV)-curable alumina (α-Al₂O₃) suspensions and the functionalities and structures of UV-curable acrylate monomers was investigated. With an increase in the proportions of monofunctional monomers, the adhesion abilities of UV-curable alumina suspensions enhanced because of reduced volume shrinkage, however, inferior curing performances were observed due to a decrease in the double bond densities. Furthermore, the large-volume branched chain structures in monofunctional monomers and ethyoxyl groups in polyfunctional monomers effectively decreased the volume contraction, improving the adhesion performances of UV-curable alumina suspensions and facilitating the conversion of double bonds to provide excellent curing properties, further guaranteeing strong adhesion of these suspensions to the substrate.     

人工颅骨用复合材料中微量甲基丙烯酸甲酯的气相色谱法测定

采用氢气焰离子化检测器(FID),以正丁醇为外标物,PEG-20M为固定相,甲醇作为溶剂,气相色谱法测定复合材料人工颅骨中微量MMA的含量。其相对标准偏差<0.022,平均回收率(n=4)为98.0％～99.1％。此方法操作简便,用于实际样品分析可得到满意的结果。     

Study of the effect of BDMA catalyst in the epoxy novolac curing process by isothermal DSC

Epoxy novolac/anhydride cure kinetics has been studied by differential scanning calorimetry under isothermal conditions. The system used in this study was an epoxy novolac resin (DEN431), with nadic methyl anhydride as hardener and benzyldimethylamine as accelerator. Kinetic parameters including the reaction order, activation energy and kinetic rate constants, were investigated. The cure reaction was described with the catalyst concentration, and a normalized kinetic model developed for it. It is shown that the cure reaction is dependent on the cure temperature and catalyst concentration, and that it proceeds through an autocatalytic kinetic mechanism. The curing kinetic constants and the cure activation energies were obtained using the Arrhenius kinetic model. A suggested kinetic model with a diffusion term was successfully used to describe and predict the cure kinetics of epoxy novolac resin compositions as a function of the catalyst content and temperature. Copyright © 2003 Society of Chemical Industry     

甲醇气相羰化合成醋酸甲酯的产物分析

以热导池为检测器,分别采用8/100间苯二甲酸+GDX-103、Porapak-Q分析甲醇气相羰化的液相产物和气相产物,确定了气相色谱分析的操作条件,测定了各组分的校正因子,并应用于甲醇绿色羰化合成醋酸甲酯的催化剂评选,得到了满意的结果。     

N-油酰基肌氨酸钠对除盐水缓蚀性能的探讨

对N-油酰基肌氨酸钠单体的缓蚀性能以及与常用除盐水缓蚀剂的协同作用作了探讨,发现在一定浓度下,单体对经过加氨调节后的高温除盐水(氨后除盐水)有良好的缓蚀作用,且与大多数除盐水缓蚀剂有良好的协同效应。在此基础上研制了一种复合药剂,并对其缓蚀、阻蚀性能作了研究。动电位极化曲线扫描图谱表明,该复合药剂属于抑制阳极腐蚀的阳极型缓蚀剂,其适用的水质条件为[Cl~-+SO_4~(2-)]不超过50 mg／L,pH不低于8.0；与阻垢剂复配,可以适用于含Ca~(2+)不超过45 mg／L的水质条件。     

PDB-18C6对TI(Ⅰ),An(Ⅲ),Cu(Ⅱ)的吸附及从α轰击的金靶中分离~(199)TI

本文研究了用冠醚树脂二苯并-18-冠-6甲醛聚合物(简称PDB-18C6)对T1(Ⅰ),Au(Ⅲ),Cu(Ⅱ)的吸附行为。实验表明,在盐酸溶液中冠醚树脂的吸附效率顺序为Au(Ⅲ)>T1(Ⅰ)>Cu(Ⅱ)。用高氯酸和乙二醇乙醚淋洗T1(Ⅰ),Au(Ⅲ),它们的回收率一般在82-98.9％和98-100％。还在1.2m回旋加速器的外靶装置上,用25-27MeV的α粒子轰击金靶,累计束流强度为27μA·h,经处理分离后得到仅含0.50％~(200)T1的较高纯度的~(199)T1。