Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: April | Volume: 7 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 74-79
Interpenetrating Polymer Network- A Promising Method for Widening Applications of Polymers
S.J. Kulkarni
Gharda Institute of Technology, Lavel, Khed, Maharashtra, India 415708
ABSTRACT
Polymers have wide range of applications from aviation industry to biomedical field. Other major applications of polymers include drug delivery system, biosensor devices, tissue engineering, cosmetics. Some important properties of polymers are heat capacity, conductivity, crystallinity, thermal expansion, permeability, elastic modulus, tensile strength, resilience, resistance to electric current and refractive index. In IPNs, two or more networks are at least partially interlaced on a polymer scale. Base on applications, polymers and polymer networks needs to have certain properties. IPNs can used with interpenetration of suitable polymers to have desired properties for specific applications. Polylactic acid is widely used in biological applications due to biodegradable properties. Reinforcement of polymeric compound can improve mechanical properties of the double polymer network hydrogels. Stability of gel polymer electrolyte can be improved by using chemical cross linking. Interpenetrating polymer network has scope for its use as carrier system in drug delivery system. Characteristics of rubber can be modified by using different reinforcements.
Keywords: Intermolecular forces, bonds, refractive index, biodegradability, microstructure.
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