TY  - EJOU
AU  - Bednarz, Szczepan 
AU  - Wesołowska, Angelika 
AU  - Trątnowiecka, Magdalena 
AU  - Bogdał, Dariusz 

TI  - Polymers from Biobased-Monomers: Macroporous Itaconic Xerogels Prepared in Deep Eutectic Solvents
T2  - Journal of Renewable Materials

PY  - 2016
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
SN  - 2164-6341

AB  - New methods of preparation of crosslinked polymers from itaconic acid as a renewable monomer have been explored. Synthesis of hydrogels and xerogels from the acid in deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are described and some basic properties of the materials are reported. Most importantly, a surfactant-free method of creation of macroporous poly(itaconic-co-bisacrylamide) by phase separation polymerization in binary mixture of the DES and poly(ethylene glycol) is demonstrated.
KW  - Choline chloride
KW  -  free-radical polymerization-crosslinking
KW  -  hydrogels
KW  -  phase segregation
KW  -  renewable monomers

DO  - 10.7569/JRM.2015.634131