Abstract
The living/controlled copolymerization of methyl acrylate with 1-alkenes and norbornene derivatives through several radical polymerization techniques has been achieved. These techniques include atom transfer radical polymerization, reversible addition-fragmentation transfer polymer-ization, nitroxide-mediated polymerization, and degenerative transfer polymerization. These systems display many of the characteristics of a living polymerization process: the molecular weight increases linearly with the overall conversion, but the polydispersity remains low. Novel block copolymers have been synthesized through the sequential addition of monomers or chain extension.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6175-6192 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 24 |
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| State | Published - Dec 15 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Polymers and Plastics
- Organic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry