Open AccessLiving/controlled copolymerization of acrylates with nonactivated alkenes
Author(s) -
Liu Shengsheng,
Sen Ayusman
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of polymer science part a: polymer chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.768
H-Index - 152
eISSN - 1099-0518
pISSN - 0887-624X
DOI - 10.1002/pola.20462
Subject(s) - living free radical polymerization , chain transfer , copolymer , reversible addition−fragmentation chain transfer polymerization , polymer chemistry , living polymerization , polymerization , nitroxide mediated radical polymerization , radical polymerization , catalytic chain transfer , ionic polymerization , chemistry , dispersity , chain growth polymerization , atom transfer radical polymerization , organic chemistry , polymer
The living/controlled copolymerization of methyl acrylate with 1‐alkenes and norbornene derivatives through several radical polymerization techniques has been achieved. These techniques include atom transfer radical polymerization, reversible addition–fragmentation transfer polymerization, nitroxide‐mediated polymerization, and degenerative transfer polymerization. These systems display many of the characteristics of a living polymerization process: the molecular weight increases linearly with the overall conversion, but the polydispersity remains low. Novel block copolymers have been synthesized through the sequential addition of monomers or chain extension. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 42: 6175–6192, 2004