| Title |
The electrospinning of the copolymer of styrene and butyl acrylate for its application as oil absorbent
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|---|---|
| Published in |
SpringerPlus, August 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40064-016-2845-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Naiku Xu, Jipeng Cao, Yuyao Lu |
| Abstract |
Electrospun polystyrene materials have been employed as oil absorbents, but they have visible drawbacks such as poor strength at low temperature and unreliable integrity because of brittleness and insufficient cohesive force among fibers. Butyl acrylate can polymerize into flexible chains, and its polymer can be used as elastomer and adhesive material. Thereby it is possible to obtain the material that has better performance in comparison with electrospun polystyrene material through the electrospinning of the copolymer of styrene and butyl acrylate. In this work, a polymer was synthesized through suspension polymerization by using styrene and butyl acrylate as comonomers. The synthesis of the copolymer of styrene and butyl acrylate was verified through dissolution and hydrolysis experimental data; as well through nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry. The viscous flow activation energy of the solution consisting of copolymer and N, N-dimethylformamide was determined via viscosity method and then adopted to establish the entanglement characteristics of butyl acrylate's chain segments. Finally, in order to electrospin the copolymer solution into fibrous membrane, the effects of monomer feed ratio and spinning parameters were investigated. The prepared fibrous membrane was found to have a potential use as oil absorbent. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 28 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 32% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 18% |
| Professor | 3 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Unknown | 4 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 7 | 25% |
| Chemistry | 5 | 18% |
| Chemical Engineering | 3 | 11% |
| Materials Science | 3 | 11% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 7 | 25% |
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