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Polymerization of acrylates by atom transfer radical polymerization. Homopolymerization of glycidyl acrylate
Author(s) -
Matyjaszewski Krzysztof,
Coca Simion,
Jasieczek Christina B.
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.1997.021981219
Subject(s) - polymer chemistry , acrylate , polymerization , living free radical polymerization , atom transfer radical polymerization , radical polymerization , chain transfer , catalytic chain transfer , chemistry , glycidyl methacrylate , materials science , photochemistry , polymer , organic chemistry , copolymer
Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) was applied to the homopolymerization of glycidyl acrylate (GA). This functionalized monomer can be polymerized to high conversions and high molecular weights using halogenated initiators and CuBr/4,4′‐bis(5‐nonyl)‐2,2′‐bipyridine (dNbipy) as the catalyst. The polymerizations exhibit first order kinetics and molecular weights increase linearly with conversion. The M̄ n of the products is controlled by the ratio Δ[M] 0 /[I] 0 . The polymers obtained showed narrow molecular weight distributions, M̄ w / M̄ n = 1.25.