RADICAL POLYMERIZATION AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF COPOLYMERS BASEDON N-1-ADAMANTYLMALEIMIDE

Authors
Citation
Yt. Chern, RADICAL POLYMERIZATION AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF COPOLYMERS BASEDON N-1-ADAMANTYLMALEIMIDE, Polymer bulletin, 36(1), 1996, pp. 59-65
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
01700839
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
59 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0170-0839(1996)36:1<59:RPAAAO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
New copolymers were prepared by radical polymerization starting from N -1-adamantylmaleimide (AMI) and styrene (ST). The copolymerization of AMI with ST proceeded easily to give medium molecular weight of copoly mers (<(M)over bar n> > 10(4)) in high yield. The poly(AMI-co-ST)s had high Tg (205-236 degrees C) and good thermal stability. Moreover, the poly(AMT-co-ST)s exhibited activity against the staphlococcus aureus ATCC 25923. The monomer reactivity ratios(r(1),r(2)) in the copolymeri zations of AMT with ST, and Alfrey-Price Q, e values for AMI were dete rmined.