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Selection of Ionic Liquids for Free Radical Polymerization Processes
Author(s) -
Strehmel Veronika
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
macromolecular symposia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-3900
pISSN - 1022-1360
DOI - 10.1002/masy.200750804
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , copolymer , viscosity , polymerization , ionic bonding , polymer chemistry , methacrylate , materials science , radical polymerization , liquidus , polarity (international relations) , polar , chemistry , chemical engineering , polymer , organic chemistry , ion , phase (matter) , catalysis , engineering , composite material , biochemistry , physics , astronomy , cell
Summary: Ionic liquids are efficient solvents for free radical homo‐ and copolymerization. Important parameters for selection of ionic liquids are their liquidus range, their viscosity, and their polarity. Viscosity of ionic liquids strongly influences the degree of polymerization of homopolymers. Micropolarity of ionic liquids can be used to explain differences in the composition of copolymers made on the basis of a relatively nonpolar methacrylate and a highly polar zwitterionic methacrylate.