Interpenetrating polymer networks based on polyamine modified castor oil , chitosan and poly methylmethacrylate: Synthesis, chemical, physical and mechanical properties

Abstract

A series of interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) of castor oil based
polyamine/Polymethylmethacrylate (Polyamine/Polymethylmethacrylate: 80/20,
60/40, 50/50, 40/60 and 20/80) were synthesized by condensation reaction of castor
oil with chitosan and methylmethacrylate, employing benzoyl peroxide and ethylene
glycol dimethylacrylate as initiator and cross linkers respectively. The physical,
chemical, optical and some of the physical and mechanical properties of
Polyamine/Polymethylmethacrylate were studied.