Acrylonitrile/vinylimidazole (AN/VIM) copolymer already has multiple applications in carbon fiber production as a melt processable precursor polymer and in making nitric oxide releasing enhanced wound healing suture and bandages. These polymers were also successfully used in energy storage devices such as supercapacitors. To broaden the applications of AN/VIM copolymer a new terpolymer with furfuryl methacrylate was synthesized by free radical polymerization. Furfuryl methacrylate-containing polymers are used in simple coatings and adhesives while further development of novel co-polymers could be useful for a variety of new applications. The acrylonitrile-co-vinylimidazole-co-furfurylmethacrylate terpolymer was 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-furfurylmethacrylate terpolymer

247th National Meeting (2014)

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