Method for modifying the surface of polymer materials
AssigneeNippon Oil and Fats Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Ohmura, Yoshihiro Oshibe, Masaharu Nakayama, Takashi Yamamoto
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Abstract
The surface of a polymer material is modified by adding to the material a block copolymer. The block copolymer has a hydrophilic polymer portion and a polymer portion which is compatible with the polymer material to be modified. The block copolymer can be easily synthesized in the presence of a polymeric peroxide and can easily and permanently modify the surface of the polymer material.
Claims3
A method for modifying the surface of a natural polymer material, comprising adding a block copolymer consisting of a polymer portion compatible with the natural polymer material and a hydrophilic polymer portion to the natural polymer material,
- said block copolymer having been produced through the following first and second steps,
- in the first step, either a vinyl monomer which forms a hydrophilic polymer, or a vinyl monomer which forms a polymer compatible with the polymer material, is polymerized in the presence of a polymeric peroxide as a polymerization initiator to produce a peroxy bond containing polymer, and
- in the second step, either a vinyl monomer which forms a hydrophilic polymer, or a vinyl monomer which forms a polymer compatible with the natural polymer material, both the vinyl monomers being used in such a manner that, when a hydrophilic polymer is produced in the first step, a vinyl monomer which forms a polymer compatible with the natural polymer material is used in the second step, and when a polymer compatible with the natural polymer material is produced in the first step, a vinyl monomer which forms a hydrophilic polymer is used in the second step, is polymerized in the presence of a polymerization initiator of the peroxy bond- or azo bond-containing natural polymer obtained in the first step.
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