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A New Additive for Controlled Radical Polymerization
Author(s) -
Wieland Philipp C.,
Raether Benedikt,
Nuyken Oskar
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
macromolecular rapid communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.348
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1521-3927
pISSN - 1022-1336
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3927(20010601)22:9<700::aid-marc700>3.0.co;2-j
Subject(s) - polymerization , monomer , radical polymerization , reversible addition−fragmentation chain transfer polymerization , living free radical polymerization , polymer chemistry , copolymer , chain growth polymerization , ionic polymerization , cobalt mediated radical polymerization , polymer , bulk polymerization , chain transfer , materials science , chemistry , organic chemistry
A new versatile additive for the controlled radical polymerization of numerous vinyl monomers under mild conditions is presented. The addition of 1,1‐diphenylethene (DPE) to a conventional radical polymerization system consisting of initiator and monomer results in a controlled behavior of the polymerization. Block copolymers are obtained by simply heating the resulting polymers in the presence of a second monomer.