Novel thermosetting copolymers, ranging from tough and ductile to very soft rubbers, have been prepared by the cationic copolymerization of regular (SOY) and 100% conjugated soybean oils (C(100)SOY) with dicyclopentadiene (DCP) catalyzed by Norway fish oil (NFO)-modified and SOY- and
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 133(45), 18145-18147 (2011-10-20)
A high-sensitivity and high-resolution single-particle fluorescence microscopy technique differentiated between homogeneous and heterogeneous metathesis polymerization catalysis by imaging the location of the early stages of polymerization. By imaging single polymers and single crystals of Grubbs II, polymerization catalysis was revealed
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 4(13), 395-403 (2007-01-26)
Self-healing polymers, based on microencapsulated dicyclopentadiene and Grubbs' catalyst embedded in the polymer matrix, are capable of responding to propagating fatigue cracks by autonomic processes that lead to higher endurance limits and life extension, or even the complete arrest of
Canadian journal of microbiology, 42(10), 1051-1060 (1996-10-01)
Degradation of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) to carbon dioxide and oxygenated intermediates was established in the laboratory. Screening of many inocula using BIOLOGMT plates showed that no single colony isolate readily mineralized DCPD. Mixed cultures from a variety of environmental sources produced
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