Polymerization reaction of Starch-Phenol for the preparation of Linseed oil Epoxy PS-PMMA copolymer blend and transition metal based coordination polymer

摘要

Starch-Phenol based polymer synthesized by the process of polycondensation which further is modified into two different branches. In one case with Linseed Oil Epoxy and PS-PMMA Co-polymer by melt blending method for the preparation of biodegradable blend and in another case by transition metals Mn (II), Co (II), Ni (II), Cu (II) and Zn (II) for synthesizing coordination polymer. The type of modified starch used in the composition inherently affects the properties and also play a role in the biodegradability of the developed material. All the synthesized polymeric ligands were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), 1 HNMR spectroscopy, 13 CNMR spectroscopy, UV-visible spectra, magnetic moment measurements, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and Biodegradation studies. Thermal data revealed that Polymer metal complexes are lesser in thermal strength than blend and that the biodegradation rates of blends and polymer metal complexes are somewhat similar.