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