Adsorption of poly(methylmethacrylate) on an α alumina: evidence of formation of surface carboxylate bonds

✍ Scribed by Eugene Papirer; Jean-Marc Perrin; Gerard Nanse; Philippe Fioux

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 351 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0014-3057
• DOI: 10.1016/0014-3057(94)90036-1

✦ Synopsis

Irreversible fixation of poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) on the surface of non-porous alumina was examined by FTIR, XPS and NMR spectroscopies. The hydrolysis of side ester groups of PMMA is evidenced: PMMA bonds strongly to the alumina surface through ionic carboxylate groups.