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A convenient route to poly(methylphenylsilane)‐ graft ‐polystyrene copolymers
Author(s) -
Jones Richard G.,
Holder Simon J.
Publication year - 1997
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/macp.1997.021981120
Subject(s) - copolymer , polystyrene , polymer chemistry , styrene , atom transfer radical polymerization , polymerization , chemistry , radical polymerization , materials science , polymer , organic chemistry
A graft copolymer of polystyrene on poly(methylphenylsilylene) was conveniently synthesised by using the bromomethyl groups of bromomethylated poly(methylphenylsilylene) as initiating sites for the bulk polymerisation of styrene by an atom transfer radical mechanism.