Hexakis-(4-aminophenoxy)-cyclotriphosphazene (PN-NH2) was synthesized through nucleophilic substitution of the chloride atoms of hexachlorocyclotriphosphazene (HCCP) and reduction of the nitro group, and its chemical structure was characterized. As a curing agents for commercial epoxy resin Diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A (DGEBA) PN-NH2 was compared with conventional curing agents 4,4-diaminodiphenylsulfone(DDS) and 4,4-diaminodiphenylmethane (DDM). The thermal properties and thermal degradation behaviors of these thermosetted resins were investigated by using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). TGA studies demonstrated that the thermal properties of the PN-NH2-containing cured epoxy resin were higher than those of others. The phosphorus-nitrogen containing curing agent can result in a great improvement of the flame retardance for their thermosetted epoxy resins.
A novel kind of supramolecular structrued hydrogels were fabricated by Diels-Alder click reaction between furan-functionalized polypseudorotaxanes and polymeric dienophiles. Firstly, polypseudorotaxanes were prepared by supramolecular self-assembly of furan-terminated poly(ethylene glycol)(PEG) and α-cyclodextrins (CDs) in water. And polymeric dienophiles were synthesized by a coupling reaction between copolymer of hydroxyethyl methacrylate and N,N-dimethyl acrylamide and N-maleoyl alanine (AMI). The supramolecular structured hydrogels were prepared by Diels-Alder reaction in water.
Molecular imprinted polymers were synthesized using α-methylacrylacid as monomer, acetylsalicylic acid as template. Polyethylene glycol dimethylacrylate was taken as cross-linker. UV-Vis spectrophotometer was used to detect the drug-loading and releasing performances of these polymers. The studies showed that the imprinted polymers could load more drugs than non-imprinted polymer, and exhibited a slower drug-releasing rate than the latter at pH 7.4. The content of cross-linker had influences on drug-loading amounts. The imprinted polymer released few drugs at the buffer solution of pH 1.2.
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