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Ethylene Polymerization‐Induced Self‐Assembly (PISA) of Poly(ethylene oxide)‐ block ‐polyethylene Copolymers via RAFT
Author(s) -
Bergerbit Cédric,
Baffie Florian,
Wolpers Arne,
Dugas PierreYves,
Boyron Olivier,
Taam Manel,
Lansalot Muriel,
Monteil Vincent,
D'Agosto Franck
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.202001741
Subject(s) - chain transfer , copolymer , raft , ethylene oxide , polymerization , polymer chemistry , reversible addition−fragmentation chain transfer polymerization , polyethylene , living polymerization , chemistry , dithiocarbamate , materials science , radical polymerization , organic chemistry , polymer
Poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) with dithiocarbamate chain ends (PEO–SC(=S)−N(CH 3 )Ph and PEO–SC(=S)−NPh 2 , named PEO‐1 and PEO‐2 , respectively) were used as macromolecular chain‐transfer agents (macro‐CTAs) to mediate the reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization of ethylene in dimethyl carbonate (DMC) under relatively mild conditions (80 °C, 80 bar). While only a slow consumption of PEO‐1 was observed, the rapid consumption of PEO‐2 led to a clean chain extension and the formation of a polyethylene (PE) segment. Upon polymerization, the resulting block copolymers PEO‐b‐PE self‐assembled into nanometric objects according to a polymerization‐induced self‐assembly (PISA).