Advances in Materials Research

Volume 2, Number 1, 2013, pages 15-36

DOI: 10.12989/amr.2013.2.1.015

Functionalization of polyethylene by graft copolymerization for separation processes

Inderjeet Kaur, Nitika Gupta and Vandna Kumari

Abstract

Incorporation of polar functional moieties into polyethylene (PE) film has been achieved by graft copolymerization of polar monomers such as methacrylic acid (MAAc) and acrylamide (AAm) on to PE film, preirradiated with

Key Words

polyethylene film; swelling; ion separation; metal uptake; biodegradation; desalination

Address

Inderjeet Kaur, Nitika Gupta and Vandna Kumari: Department of Chemistry, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla-171005, India