February 2024 | SP-51-003 is a building-block containing two reactive functions: a styrene group and a phosphonic acid group. This monomer is mainly used in conventional free radical polymerization as well as transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)...
December 2023 | SP-43-0-011 is a methacrylate monomer functionalized by the 4-methylcoumarine, a fluorescent aromatic ring used in the design of smart materials. This methacrylic monomer also called 7-methacryloxy-4-methylcoumarin (MAOMC) or 7-methacryloyloxy-4-Me ...
November 2023 | SP-3-00-006 is a diphenyl ether synthesized from vanillin, a sustainable precursor that can be extracted from lignin. Heat-resistant and less toxic resins can be synthesized by polymerization of phenolic resins with SP-3-00-006....
October 2023 | SP-59-005 is a building block containing two reactive functions: a styrene group and an imidazole ring. Also known as VBIm (4-Vinylbenzylimidazole), this monomer is used in conventional radical or anionic polymerization but also in controlled polymerization to access to random or...
July 2023 | SP-1P-1-006 is a polyethylene glycol (PEG) bearing two different end groups: i) a phosphonic acid group known for its adhesion properties, and ii) a hydroxyl group. This heterobifunctional polymer is highly soluble in water and biocompatible. Thanks to the phosphonic acid...
June 2023 | Our product of the month is the homopolymer of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (SP-4P-3-004) also called poly(HEMA) or pHEMA. This methacrylic polymer bears pending hydroxyl groups conferring hydrophilic properties to the polymer that can be used to form [...
May 2023 | Epoxymethyl di(m)ethyl phosphonate (SP-3-15-003 & SP-3-15-006) are small reactive building-blocks that could be involved in both organic and polymerization reactions. Indeed, the epoxy group can be used in ring opening reactions with several nucleophilic [...
April 2023 | Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) and Poly(ethyleneglycol) (PEG) are commonly known as non-toxic and biocompatible polymers. Based on the interactions with water, these two polymers exhibit opposite properties: hydrophobicity for PDMS and hydrophilicity for PEG. By chemically linking [...
March 2023 | In the course of the development of renewable Isocyanate-free Poly(urethane)s, SPECIFC POLYMERS offers its range of sustainable cyclocarbonates building-blocks. Among them, three references: SP-68-010, SP-68-015 and SP-68-020 are di- or (...
February 2023 | SP-40-005 is the Ethyl-acetoxyacrylate (EAA), a reactive precursor with a low boiling point (84-85°C) and used in a large range of chemical reactions. This 2-oxyacrylate functionalized by an acetyl group can be used as monomer in conventional radical polymerization [...