acetylenics
At Ashland, acetylenic polymers have a rich and diverse history. This exciting polymer field is enabling many highly valued applications. Commercial application fields ranging from active pharmaceutical ingredient delivery systems, functional hair styling additives, film formers in sun screens, oxidation agents in oral care, detergent dye transfer inhibitors, dialysis membranes, additives for efficient oil and gas processes as well as many other applications are all benefiting from our design excellence and commercial polymer capabilities.
How does Ashland employ this polymer field to address so many diverse applications?
By coupling our many decades of commercial excellence to careful design and compositional selection enable us to match polymer architecture, material and physical characteristics to meet the most demanding applications.
Examples of the many polymer architectures that are available at Ashland are presented below. We invite you to explore this fascinating area of science.

homopolymers (product examples)

random copolymers (product examples, slide 1)

alternating copolymers (product examples)
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graft copolymer(product examples)

crosslinked copolymer(product examples)
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related published innovation papers
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The aim of this study was to develop a hydrophilic oral controlled release system (CRS) using the amorphous form of gliclazide, a BCS class II compound, listed on the WHO list of essential medicines. For this purpose, spray-dried dispersions (SDDs) of gliclazide were produced using various grades of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate (HPMCAS) or copovidone as carrier under fully automated conditions |
Lu, Zheng, Yonglai Yang, Rae-Ann Covington, Yunxia Vivian Bi, Thomas Dürig, and Reza Fassihi |
polysaccharides, acetylenics |
life sciences |
Pollution damage and protection of Asian hair
Cigarette smoke was used to simulate a polluted environment and an experiment was performed to reveal how virgin and bleached hair are damaged by a polluted environment. The dry/wet combability, surface contact angle, tryptophan content, and cuticle morphology of the smoke exposed hair were evaluated, and compared to unexposed virgin hair. The results showed that pollution exposure can cause significant chemical damage to hair. In particular, virgin hair exposure to pollution can cause damage to the hair cuticles (higher wet/dry combing), protein degradation, and a more hydrophilic hair surface. The experiment also demonstrated that the styling polymer, polyimide-1 (isobutylene/dimethyl amino propyl maleimide/ethoxylated maleimide/maleic acid copolymer), can provide effective protection against such hair damage.
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Qu, Xin, Lijuan Niu, Bert Kroon, and Linda Foltis |
acetylenics |
personal care |
Hydrophobically Modified Isosorbide Dimethacrylates as a Bisphenol-A (BPA)-Free Dental Filling Material |
Marie, Bilal, Raymond Clark, Tim Gillece, Seher Ozkan, Michael Jaffe, and Nuggehalli M. Ravindra |
acetylenics |
personal care |
RAFT dispersion polymerization of N, N-dimethylacrylamide in a series of n-alkanes using a thermoresponsive poly (tert-octyl acrylamide) steric stabilizer |
Gibson, R. R., A. Fernyhough, O. M. Musa, and S. P. Armes |
acetylenics |
core R&D |
Synthesis of poly (vinyl alcohol‐graft‐hyperbranched glycerol) |
King, Peter A., Ezat Khosravi, and Osama M. Musa |
acetylenics |
core R&D |
Synthesis of well-defined diblock copolymer nano-objects by RAFT non-aqueous emulsion polymerization of N-(2-acryloyloxy) ethyl pyrrolidone in non-polar media |
Gibson, R. R., A. Fernyhough, O. M. Musa, and S. P. Armes |
acetylenics |
core R&D |
Introduction to Pyrrolidone and Caprolactam Chemistry |
Chenault, H. Keith |
acetylenics |
core R&D |
Cocrystals, Coamorphous Phases and Coordination Complexes of γ-and ε-Lactams |
Hall, Amy V., Luke I. Chambers, Osama M. Musa, and Jonathan W. Steed |
acetylenics |
life sciences |
Characterization of yield stress and slip behaviour of skin/hair care gels using steady flow and LAOS measurements and their correlation with sensorial attributes
Gels made with three different polymers widely used as rheology modifiers in cosmetic formulations (cross-linked poly(acrylic acid), cross-linked poly(maleic acid-alt-methyl vinyl ether) copolymer and cross-linked poly(acrylic acid-co-vinyl pyrrolidone) copolymer) were characterized by rheological and sensory evaluation methods to determine the relationship between sensorial perception and corresponding rheological parameters.
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Ozkan, S., Gillece, T.W., Senak, L. and Moore, D.J. |
acetylenics |
personal care |
Flexidone™ - A New Class of Innovative PVC Plasticizers |
Martin Bonnet and Hasan Kaytan |
acetylenics |
personal care |
Radiochromic Film as a Tool for Development of Sun Protection |
Duev, A., Dueva-Koganov, O. V., Shih, S., Crohn, R., Aydin, R., & Menchon, M. |
acetylenics |
life sciences |
Is It Possible to Publish a Calibration Function for Radiochromic Film? |
Chan, Maria F., Lewis D., Xiang Yu |
acetylenics |
life sciences |
Inclusion Compound of Efavirenz and γ-Cyclodextrin: Solid State Studies and Effect on Solubility |
Braga, S. S., El-Saleh, F., Lysenko, K., & Paz, F. A. A. |
acetylenics |
life sciences |
Synthesis and Aqueous Solution Properties of Shape-Shifting Stimulus-Responsive Diblock Copolymer Nano-Objects.
We report the synthesis of poly(N-(2-acryloyloxyethyl)pyrrolidone)-poly(4-hydroxybutyl acrylate) (PNAEP85-PHBAx) diblock copolymer nano-objects via reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) aqueous dispersion polymerization of 4-hydroxybutyl acrylate (HBA) at 30 °C using an efficient two-step one-pot protocol.
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Deane, O. J., Jennings, J., Neal, T. J., Musa, O. M., Fernyhough, A., & Armes |
acetylenics |
core R&D |
Synthen and Pickering emulsifier performance of poly (stearyl methacrylate)–poly (N-2-(methacryloyloxy) ethyl pyrrolidone) diblock copolymer nano-objects via RAFT dispersion polymerisation in n-dodecane |
Cunningham, V. J., S. P. Armes, and O. M. Musa. |
acetylenics |
core R&D |
Assessment of Polymeric Nanoparticles to Enhance Oral Bioavailability and Antioxidant Activity of Resveratrol
To enhance oral bioavailability and antioxidant potential of resveratrol by fabricating the resveratrol encapsulated oral eudragit® E100 based polymeric nano-delivery system.
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Hasija, R., S. Chaurasia, and Swati Gupta |
acetylenics |
life sciences |
Synthesis of Well-Defined Pyrrolidone-Based Homopolymers and Stimulus-Responsive Diblock Copolymers via RAFT Aqueous Solution Polymerization of 2-(N-Acryloyloxy)ethylpyrrolidone |
Deane, O. J., Lovett, J. R., Musa, O. M., Fernyhough, A., & Armes, S. P. |
acetylenics |
core R&D |
RAFT Aqueous Dispersion Polymerization of N-(2-(Methacryloyloxy)ethyl)pyrrolidone: A Convenient Low Viscosity Route to High Molecular Weight Water-Soluble Copolymers |
Cunningham, V. J., Derry, M. J., Fielding, L. A., Musa, O. M., & Armes, S. P. |
acetylenics |
core R&D |
Poly(glycerol monomethacrylate)–Poly(benzyl methacrylate) Diblock Copolymer Nanoparticles via RAFT Emulsion Polymerization: Synthesis, Characterization, and Interfacial Activity |
Cunningham, V. J., Alswieleh, A. M., Thompson, K. L., Williams, M., Leggett, G. J., Armes, S. P., & Musa, O. M |
acetylenics |
core R&D |
Fabrication of Taste-Masked Donut-Shaped Tablets Via Fused Filament Fabrication 3D Printing Paired with Hot-Melt Extrusion Techniques
The formulations without Eudragit E PO (F6) and with Eudragit E PO (F7) filaments exhibited the desired hardness with a “k” value of 48.30 ± 3.52 and 45.47 ± 3.51 g/mm3 (n = 10), respectively, and were successfully printed.
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Wang, H., Dumpa, N., Bandari, S. Durig, H |
acetylenics |
life sciences |
Investigation of the interactions of enteric and hydrophilic polymers to enhance dissolution of griseofulvin following hot melt extrusion processing
Binary, ternary and quaternary dispersions containing GF, enteric polymer (Eudragit L100-55 or AQOAT-LF) and/or vinyl pyrrolidone-based polymer (Plasdone K-12 povidone or S-630 copovidone) were processed by HME.
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Ryan C Bennett, Justin M Keen, Yunxia (Vivian) Bi, Stuart Porter, Thomas Dürig, James W McGinity |
acetylenics |
life sciences |
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