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Synthesis and Characterization of a Well‐Defined Graft Copolymer Containing Fluorine Grafts by “Living”/Controlled Radical Polymerization
Author(s) -
Liu Bing,
Yuan Cai Gen,
Hu Chun Pu
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
macromolecular chemistry and physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.57
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1521-3935
pISSN - 1022-1352
DOI - 10.1002/1521-3935(20010801)202:12<2504::aid-macp2504>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - copolymer , polymer chemistry , styrene , nitroxide mediated radical polymerization , atom transfer radical polymerization , polystyrene , radical polymerization , radical initiator , polymerization , benzoyl peroxide , chemistry , acrylate , materials science , organic chemistry , polymer
The well‐defined graft copolymer consisting of side chains containing fluorine was synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5‐octafluoropentyl acrylate (OFPA) with the copolymer of styrene and chloromethylstyrene as macroinitiator, which was first synthesized by the nitroxide‐mediated copolymerization of styrene (St) and 4‐chloromethylstyrene (CMS) at 130°C with benzoyl peroxide/4‐hydro‐TEMPO as initiator. These copolymers, i. e. P(St‐ co ‐CMS) and P(St‐ g ‐OFPA), were characterized by means of GPC, IR and 1 H NMR, respectively. The water contact angles on polystyrene films containing small amount of P(St‐ g ‐OFPA) as additive were also measured and studied.