High-performance polymeric materials are revolutionary because these materials can challenge traditional materials such as steel in terms of mechanical properties, while still having the properties of conventional polymers such as resistance to the chemicals and being lightweight. Gemini monomer is a name that can be given to the family of synthetic monomers possessing, in sequence, a monomer unit, a covalent linker and another monomer unit. Gemini monomers have a tendency to form multiple covalent bonds, which makes them different from conventional monomers. A novel polyester is synthesized from gemini monomer, symmetric di-ester using solvent free polymerization. The polymerization of gemini was studied by FT-IR, revealing the mechanistic insight of the polymerization method employed. Among the more striking properties of novel polyester from this polymeric material are, they are chemically resistant to most organic and inorganic solvents suggesting a highly cross-linked network; the most intriguing is the dilation in size up to 7 times when they are treated with concentrated Sulphuric acid.

Gemini monomers: A new approach towards high performance polymeric materials

254th National Meeting (2017)

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