Preparation of Semi—interpenetrating Polymer Network of Silicon Rubber and Poly （methyl methylacrylate） Using Supercritical CO2

The heterogeneous free-radical polymerization of methyl methylacrylatc (MMA) and divinylbenzene (DVB) as cross-linker within supercritical carbon dioxide-swollen silicon rubber (SR) has been studied as an approach to preparing semi-interpenetrating polymer network (semi IPN) of SR and poly(methyl methylacrylate) (PMMA). The SR/PMMA semi-IPNs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA).