To begin, set the water bath temperature to 80 degrees Celsius. Add 20 grams of MMA into a dry 100 milliliter eggplant shaped bottle. Add the pre-prepared methanol solution of zinc germinate manganese with pH 9.4 into the reaction vessel.
Seal the reaction vessel to prevent solvent evaporation. Place the vessel in an ultrasonicator for about 10 minutes at room temperature to dissolve the sample in MMA. Next, add 0.012 grams of Azobisisobutyronitrile to the solution and mix completely.
Place the flask in an 80 degree Celsius water bath and purge air with nitrogen for approximately 35 minutes. Gently shake the container towards the end of the reaction. Quickly transfer the reaction vessel to an ice bath to cool it down after the reaction.
Then slowly pour the solution into a two dimensional or three dimensional mold. Place the mold in an electric thermostatic drying oven set at specific temperatures to obtain the target material. Afterward, close the electric thermostatic drying oven once the reaction stops, allowing it to cool to room temperature.
Open the oven to remove the mold only after it has sufficiently cooled to prevent skin burns. Carefully demold the polymerized PMMA sample and expose it to a UV lamp for approximately three minutes.
