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US 2006/0142512 A1Published application
Free-radical frontal polymerization with microencapsulated monomers and initiators
OwnerJohn Pojman, Brian McFarland +2inventors
InventorsJohn Pojman, Brian McFarland, Zachary Kemp, Sam Popwell
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Abstract
A polymerization composition is formed by mixing a monomer polymerizable by frontal polymerization and an encapsulated, free-radical initiator which can be released by the application of heat. In a second embodiment, the monomer is also encapsulated.
Claims25
A polymerizable composition comprising:
- a monomer polymerizable by frontal polymerization;
- and
- an encapsulated, free-radical initiator which can be released by the application of heat.
A polymerizable composition comprising:
- a monomer polymerizable by frontal polymerization;
- an encapsulated, free-radical initiator which can be released by the application of heat;
- and
- an accelerator.
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A polymerizable composition comprising:
- an encapsulated monomer polymerizable by frontal polymerization;
- and
- an encapsulated, free-radical initiator which can be released by the application of heat.
A process for forming a polymer by frontal polymerization comprising:
- forming a mixture of an encapsulated monomer and a microencapsulated free radical initiator;
- applying heat to a surface of the mixture to cause microcapsules to rupture and initiate polymerization of the mixture by frontal polymerization.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.