PMID- 32346628 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20240328 IS - 2405-8440 (Print) IS - 2405-8440 (Electronic) IS - 2405-8440 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Apr TI - Maleic anhydride grafted onto high density polyethylene with an enhanced grafting degree via monomer microencapsulation. PG - e03742 LID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03742 [doi] LID - e03742 AB - High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is among the flexible polymers on account of its appropriate processability and adequate mechanical properties. Grafting reactive monomers such as glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) and maleic anhydride (MAH) onto polyethylene was one of the ultimate choices to improve the physicochemical properties of HDPE. MAH is an appropriate option for grafting onto HDPE owing to its low reactivity and it relatively undergoes a direct grafting onto the polymer. The grafting of MAH on HDPE copolymerization has been conducted using monomer microencapsulation method in this study. The monomer microencapsulation samples were extracted stratified using acetone and xylen. Samples were then analyzed using titration, melt flow rate, FTIR, DSC, TGA and C-NMR. The results showed the degree of paste monomer on HDPE with a microencapsulation method was greater when compared to the usual method. We were successfully improving the grafting degree of MAH onto HDPE by using a simple blending method. The pre-microencapsulated HDPE provided an increasing in grafting degree of 1.88% (HDPE-g-MAH) over the conventional one which shows the value of 1.39% (HDPE-g-MAH). CI - (c) 2020 The Authors. FAU - Rahayu, Iman AU - Rahayu I AD - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jln. Raya Bandung-Sumedang km. 21, Jatinangor, Sumedang, West Java, 45363, Indonesia. FAU - Zainuddin, Achmad AU - Zainuddin A AD - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jln. Raya Bandung-Sumedang km. 21, Jatinangor, Sumedang, West Java, 45363, Indonesia. FAU - Malik, Yoga Trianzar AU - Malik YT AD - Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jln. Raya Bandung-Sumedang km. 21, Jatinangor, Sumedang, West Java, 45363, Indonesia. FAU - Hendrana, Sunit AU - Hendrana S AD - Research Centre for Chemistry, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Kawasan Puspiptek Gedung 452, Serpong, Tangerang Selatan, Banten, 15314, Indonesia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200422 PL - England TA - Heliyon JT - Heliyon JID - 101672560 PMC - PMC7182729 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Grafting degree OT - High density polyethylene (HDPE) OT - Maleic anhydride (MAH) OT - Microencapsulation OT - Organic chemistry EDAT- 2020/04/30 06:00 MHDA- 2020/04/30 06:01 PMCR- 2020/04/22 CRDT- 2020/04/30 06:00 PHST- 2020/01/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/03/11 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/03/31 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/04/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/04/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/04/30 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/04/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2405-8440(20)30587-9 [pii] AID - e03742 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03742 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Heliyon. 2020 Apr 22;6(4):e03742. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03742. eCollection 2020 Apr.