Method Of Making Catechol Styrene Co-Polymer
AssigneeMussel Polymers, Inc
InventorsRobert J. Tenuto, Chester Crane, Jason Stieg
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AssigneeMussel Polymers, Inc
InventorsRobert J. Tenuto, Chester Crane, Jason Stieg
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Poly(catechol-styrene) (PCS) is a new material that has a variety of industrial and biomedical uses. For example, PCS acts as an adhesive that functions in wet or underwater environments and accordingly may be useful for biomedical applications. The disclosure provides a method of forming a poly(catechol-styrene) polymer. The method comprises the steps of polymerizing 3,4-diacetoxystyrene and styrene in an emulsion polymerization to form a poly(3,4-diacetoxystyrene-co-styrene) polymer. This polymer has the acetate groups deprotected from the alcohols resulting to form poly(catechol-styrene) polymer. The poly(catechol-styrene) polymer has improved strength at higher molecular weight.
A method of forming a poly(catechol-styrene) polymer comprising the steps of:
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A polymerization reaction end-product comprising poly(3,4-diacetoxystyrene-co-styrene) polymer, wherein the unconverted monomer present in the reaction end product is one or more selected from:
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A polymerization reaction end-product comprising PCS polymer, wherein the unconverted monomer present in the reaction mixture is less than 5% of the monomer that was added to the reaction mixture, less than 1% of the monomer that was added to the reaction mixture, or less than 0.5% of the monomer that was added to the reaction mixture.
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