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Initiator‐fragment incorporation radical polymerization of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate in the presence of 1,1‐diphenylethylene: synthesis and characterization of soluble hyperbranched polymer nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Sato Tsuneyuki,
Miyagi Takashi,
Hirano Tomohiro,
Seno Makiko
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.1575
Subject(s) - polymerization , polymer chemistry , gel permeation chromatography , ethylene glycol dimethacrylate , radical polymerization , polymer , ethylene glycol , radical initiator , chemistry , dynamic light scattering , bulk polymerization , precipitation polymerization , size exclusion chromatography , materials science , nanoparticle , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , enzyme , methacrylic acid
The polymerization of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) as crosslinker was carried out at 70 and 80 °C in benzene using dimethyl 2,2′‐azobisisobutyrate (MAIB) as initiator at concentrations as high as 0.50–0.70 mol l −1 in the presence of 1,1‐diphenylethylene (DPE), where the concentrations of EGDMA and DPE were 0.50–0.70 and 0.25–0.50 mol l −1 , respectively. The polymerization proceeded homogeneously, without gelation, to give soluble polymers. The yield and molecular weight of the resulting polymers increased with time. The homogeneous polymerization system involved ESR‐observable DPE‐derived radicals of considerably high concentration (3.6–5.3 × 10 −5 mol l −1 ). The methoxycarbonylpropyl groups as MAIB‐fragments were incorporated as a main constituent (35–50 mol%) into the polymers (initiator‐fragment incorporation radical polymerization). The polymers also contained DPE units (15 mol%) and EGDMA units with double bonds (10–25 mol%) and without double bonds (20 mol%). Results from gel permeation chromatography (GPC)–multiangle laser light scattering (MALLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and viscometric measurements revealed that the individual polymer molecules were formed as hyperbranched nanoparticles. Copyright © 2004 Society of Chemical Industry