Melt processable carbon fiber precursor of poly acrylonitrile(AN)-co-vinylimidazole(VIM) was successfully synthesized. This copolymer showed applicability in energy storage devices like super capacitors as well as in nitric oxide (NO) releasing enhanced wound healing suture and bandages. In order to further extend their  applications and better performance in already established uses, new terpolymers with isoprene, styrene and vinylcaprolactum were synthesized by free radical polymerization . The new polymers were characterized by attenuated total reflectance-fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy, 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Synthesis and characterization of new acrylonitrile-co-vinylimidazole-co-caprolactum (AN/VIM/CAP), acrylonitrile-co-vinylimidazole-co-isoprene (AN/VIM/IP) and acrylonitrile-co-vinylimidazole-co-styrene (AN/VIM/STY) terpolymers

247th National Meeting (2014)

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