Grafting of Amylopectin With Various Alkyl Methacrylate by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization for Engineering Application

Aniek S. Handayani, Mochamad Chalid, Emil Budianto, Dedi Priadi

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Abstract

Amylopectin (Ap) was grafted with three different methacrylate by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) to create controllable hydrophobic chain on amylopectin. The macro initiator Amylopectin-Ethyl α-bromoisobutyrate (Ap-EBiB) was prepared by esterification of hydroxyl groups on amylopectin with Ethyl α-Bromoisobutyrate (EBiB). In this research, amylopectin was grafted with methyl methacrylate (MMA), butyl methacrylate (BMA) and hexyl methacrylate (HMA) and the grafting conditions were optimized. Influence of grafting conditions on % monomer conversion, and % grafting efficiency were studied. Grafted samples were analyzed for their thermal behavior using thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and grafting was confirmed using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It was found that increasing length of alkyl chains increased grafting efficiency but improved the thermal behavior with better properties. The result of this study indicated that the Amylopectin-g-PHMA have % grafting higher than others.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)58-60
Number of pages3
JournalMacromolecular Symposia
Volume371
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2017

Keywords

  • ATRP
  • amylopectin
  • butyl methacrylate
  • hexyl methacrylate
  • methyl methacrylate

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