01926nas a2200229 4500008004100000022001400041245007200055210006900127260006700196300001000263490000800273520116600281653001501447653001501462653001701477653001301494653002701507100001701534700002501551700001901576856010101595 2016 eng d a0021-899500aSelective solid-phase extraction of metal for water decontamination0 aSelective solidphase extraction of metal for water decontaminati a111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USAbWILEY-BLACKWELLcJAN a428490 v1333 a

Metal-contaminated industrial effluent is a major concern for human health. Therefore, the removal of metal is of primary importance. In this study, metals were selectively extracted from water. Selective metal recovery was studied with a crown-ether-based polymer, wherein the selectivity was observed for strontium over lead. Parameters influencing the metal recovery, such as the contact time, adsorbent dosage, and metal-ion concentration, were evaluated. Interestingly, the adsorption rate of strontium was exponentially increased for the initial 4 h, and lead was adsorbed exponentially after 6 h. Notably, 98% strontium adsorption and 64% lead adsorption were obtained in 24 h. The Langmuir adsorption isotherm was in good agreement and demonstrated that the reactive sites of the adsorbent were homogeneous with monolayer metal adsorption with an adsorbent. The Freundlich adsorption isotherm was not obeyed by both metals. The pseudo-first-order and pseudo-second-order kinetics indicated that strontium was adsorbed by chemisorption and lead was adsorbed by physisorption. (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016, 132, 42849.

10aAdsorption10acopolymers10acrosslinking10akinetics10aradical polymerization1 aMane, Sachin1 aPonrathnam, Surendra1 aChavan, Nayaku uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/selective-solid-phase-extraction-metal-water-decontamination-101917nas a2200205 4500008004100000022001400041245007300055210006900128260006700197300001000264490000800274520119700282653001501479653001701494653002101511100002501532700002301557700002501580856010601605 2016 eng d a0021-899500aToughening of epoxy novolac resin using cardanol based flexibilizers0 aToughening of epoxy novolac resin using cardanol based flexibili a111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USAbWILEY-BLACKWELLcAPR a433180 v1333 a

In this work, two different cardanol based epoxies (Cardolite NC-514 and Cardanol NC-547) were employed as flexibilizers to toughen an epoxy novolac resin namely, poly[(phenylglycidyl ether)-co-formaldehyde] (PPGEF). 4,4-Diamino-3,3-dimethyl dicyclohexyl methane (BMCHA) was used as a curing agent. Differential scanning calorimetry and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis of the composites showed a gradual decrease in glass transition temperatures (T-g) with increase in cardolite content confirming the incorporation of flexible moieties into the brittle resin matrix. Improvement in toughening of PPGEF/Cardolite composites was manifested by increase in the izod impact strength of both the composites. The tensile strength increased marginally for composites with increasing amount of Cardolite NC-514 but decreased for the composites containing Cardolite NC-547. This was attributed to the lack of rotational motion in the chain due to close proximity of rigid phenyl rings in NC-547. SEM of the cryo-fractured surfaces of composites showed good compatibility between PPGEF and cardanol based flexibilizers. (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016, 133, 43318.

10acomposites10acrosslinking10aglass transition1 aGour, Rajeshwari, S.1 aKodgire, Vivek, V.1 aBadiger, Manohar, V. uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/toughening-epoxy-novolac-resin-using-cardanol-based-flexibilizers-102263nas a2200361 4500008004100000022001400041245010900055210006900164260000800233300001300241490000800254520117500262653002201437653001301459653001201472653001401484653001701498653001301515653002901528653001401557653001201571653002101583653002401604653001701628653001301645653001401658100001801672700001901690700002501709700001701734700002101751856012901772 2017 eng d a0032-386100a Design and development of trivalent aluminum ions induced self healing polyacrylic acid novel hydrogels0 aDesign and development of trivalent aluminum ions induced self h cSEP a 196-2050 v1263 a

Development of ionically crosslinked superabsorbent polyacrylic acid (PAA) self-healing hydrogels using trivalent aluminum ions was investigated. The PAA hydrogels exhibited excellent self-healing behavior depending on the amount of the aluminum within the matrix. The migration of these ions within the polymer matrix was responsible for the physical crosslinking of the hydrogel and the origin of self healing ability. The PAA-Al hydrogels were insoluble in water and exhibited significantly high degree of swelling (similar to 4000%). Hydrogel also exhibited good mechanical properties with high level of elongation. Excellent self-healing efficiency was observed under dynamic as well as oscillatory Theological measurements. The presence of Al ions within PAA hydrogel facilitated the self-healing ability because of the ionic interaction in these gels which plays the key role of dynamic reversible sacrificial bonds which reforms upon reversal of the deformative force. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

10aAluminum chloride10aBehavior10aComplex10aComposite10acrosslinking10aDelivery10aHigh-Mechanical Strength10ahydrogels10aNetwork10aPolyacrylic acid10aPolymeric Materials10aSelf-healing10aswelling10aTough; pH1 aAnjum, Sadiya1 aGurave, Pramod1 aBadiger, Manohar, V.1 aTiwari, Neha1 aGupta, Bhuvanesh uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/design-and-development-trivalent-aluminum-ions-induced-self-healing-polyacrylic-acid-novel02436nas a2200253 4500008004100000022001400041245009100055210006900146260000900215300001200224490000700236520160100243653001701844653002001861653001701881653001501898653002001913100002501933700002301958700002101981700003002002700002802032856012202060 2019 eng d a0887-624X00aDesign and synthesis of aromatic polyesters bearing pendant clickable maleimide groups0 aDesign and synthesis of aromatic polyesters bearing pendant clic cMAR  a630-6400 v573 a

A bisphenol bearing pendant maleimide group, namely, N-maleimidoethyl-3, 3-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-isobenzopyrrolidone (PPH-MA) was synthesized starting from phenolphthalein. Aromatic (co)polyesters bearing pendant maleimide groups were synthesized from PPH-MA and aromatic diacid chlorides, namely, isophthaloyl chloride (IPC), terephthaloyl chloride (TPC), and 50:50 mol % mixture of IPC and TPC by low temperature solution polycondensation technique. Copolyesters were also synthesized by polycondensation of different molar proportions of PPH-MA and bisphenol A with IPC. Inherent viscosities and number-average molecular weights of aromatic (co)polyesters were in the range of 0.52-0.97 dL/g and 20,200-32,800 g/mol, respectively indicating formation of medium to reasonably high-molecular-weight polymers. C-13 NMR spectral analysis of copolyesters revealed the formation of random copolymers. The 10% weight loss temperature of (co)polyesters was found in the range 470-484 degrees C, indicating their good thermal stability. A selected aromatic polyester bearing pendant maleimide groups was chemically modified via thiol-maleimide Michael addition reaction with two representative thiol compounds, namely, 4-chlorothiophenol and 1-adamantanethiol to yield post-modified polymers in a quantitative manner. Additionally, it was demonstrated that polyester containing pendant maleimide groups could be used to form insoluble crosslinked gel in the presence of a multifunctional thiol crosslinker. (c) 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 630-640

10acrosslinking10amaleimide group10amodification10apolyesters10athiol-maleimide1 aNagane, Samadhan, S.1 aKuhire, Sachin, S.1 aJadhav, Uday, A.1 aDhanmane, Sushilkumar, A.1 aWadgaonkar, Prakash, P. uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/design-and-synthesis-aromatic-polyesters-bearing-pendant-clickable-maleimide-groups02622nas a2200265 4500008004100000022001400041245011300055210006900168260000800237300001200245490000700257520172900264653002001993653001702013653001702030653001502047653001702062653003102079100001802110700002202128700002502150700002602175700002802201856012702229 2019 eng d a0887-624X00aThermally crosslinkable and chemically modifiable aromatic polyesters possessing pendant propargyloxy groups0 aThermally crosslinkable and chemically modifiable aromatic polye cMAR a588-5970 v573 a

New aromatic (co)polyesters containing pendant propargyloxy groups were synthesized by phase transfer-catalyzed interfacial polycondensation of 5-(propargyloxy)isophthaloyl chloride (P-IPC) and various compositions of P-IPC and isophthaloyl chloride with bisphenol A. FTIR and NMR spectroscopic data, respectively, revealed successful incorporation of pendant propargyloxy groups into (co)polyesters and formation of (co)polyesters with desired compositions. (Co)polyesters exhibited good solubility in common organic solvents such as chloroform, dichloromethane, and tetrahydrofuran and could be cast into transparent, flexible, and tough films from chloroform solution. Inherent viscosities and number average molecular weights of (co)polyesters were in the range 0.77-1.33 dL/g and 43,600-118,000 g/mol, respectively, indicating the achievement of reasonably high-molecular weights. The 10% weight loss temperatures of (co)polyesters were in the range 390-420 degrees C, demonstrating their good thermal stability. (Co)polyesters exhibited T-g in the range 146-170 degrees C and T-g values decreased with increase in mol % incorporation of P-IPC. The study of non-isothermal curing by DSC indicated thermal crosslinking of (co)polyesters via propargyloxy groups. The utility of pendant propargyloxy group was demonstrated by post-modification of the selected copolyester with 1-(4-azidobutyl)pyrene, 9-(azidomethyl)anthracene, and azido-terminated poly(ethyleneglycol) monomethyl ether via copper(I)-catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. FTIR and H-1 NMR spectra confirmed that click reaction was quantitative. (c) 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2019, 57, 588-597

10aClick chemistry10acrosslinking10amodification10apolyesters10apropargyloxy10astep-growth polymerization1 aVerma, Savita1 aMaher, Deepak, M.1 aNagane, Samadhan, S.1 aTawade, Bhausaheb, V.1 aWadgaonkar, Prakash, P. uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/thermally-crosslinkable-and-chemically-modifiable-aromatic-polyesters-possessing-pendant02273nas a2200241 4500008004100000022001400041245008500055210006900140260000800209490000700217520146300224653003901687653001401726653001701740653002501757653002501782100002301807700002601830700000501856700002501861700002801886856011701914 2021 eng d a0959-810300aPartially bio-based furyl-functionalized organosoluble poly(ether ether ketone)s0 aPartially biobased furylfunctionalized organosoluble polyether e cAUG0 v703 a

A new series of partially bio-based (co)poly(ether ether ketone)s bearing pendent furyl groups was synthesized by nucleophilic aromatic substitution polycondensation of varying molar proportions of 4,4 `-(furan-2-ylmethylene)bis(2-methoxyphenol) and bisphenol-A with 4,4 `-difluorobenzophenone. The chemical structures, compositions and random nature of (co)poly(ether ether ketone)s were confirmed by NMR spectroscopy. Inherent viscosities and number-average molecular weights of the (co)poly(ether ether ketone)s were in the range 0.74-2.90 dL g(-1) and 33 500-46 300 g mol(-1), respectively, indicating the formation of reasonably high molecular weight polymers. (Co)poly(ether ether ketone)s were readily soluble in common organic solvents and could be cast into tough, transparent and flexible films from chloroform solutions. (Co)poly(ether ether ketone)s exhibited 10% weight loss and glass transition temperatures in the range 429-464 and 152-156 degrees C, respectively. A representative copoly(ether ether ketone) was crosslinked with 1,1 `-(methylenedi-1,4-phenylene)bismaleimide via Diels-Alder reaction to form a crosslinked polymer which showed improved mechanical properties and was recycled twice without significant loss of mechanical properties. Diels-Alder/retro Diels-Alder reaction was demonstrated by studies of sol-gel transformation, solubility tests, DSC and stress-strain measurements. (c) 2020 Society of Chemical Industry

10aaromatic poly(ether ether ketone)s10abio-based10acrosslinking10aDiels-Alder reaction10apendent furyl groups1 aKuhire, Sachin, S.1 aTalanikar, Aniket, A.1 a1 aNagane, Samadhan, S.1 aWadgaonkar, Prakash, P. uhttp://library.ncl.res.in/content/partially-bio-based-furyl-functionalized-organosoluble-polyether-ether-ketones