Dimethyl Sulfoxide has two important features in polymer science.
Reaction Solvent: DMSO is a powerful solvent for dissolving difficult monomers, and will retain high molecular weight polymers in solution. This allows the production of highly solvent resistant engineering resins.
Process Solvent: Because DMSO can dissolve many polymers at high loading levels, it can be used to produce finished products. This has included the use of DMSO to produce membranes and fibers.
DMSO offers not only performance, but is a safer solvent than the alternatives DMF, NMP and others. Furthermore, it is a green solvent in that it may be recycled, is completely biodegradable, and is derived from biorenewable resources .
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