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Nitroxide-Mediated Controlled/Living Free-Radical Surfactant-Free Emulsion Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Using a Poly(methacrylic acid)-Based Macroalkoxyamine Initiator

Dire, Charlotte ; Magnet, Stéphanie ; Couvreur, Laurence ; Charleux, Bernadette

Macromolecules, 2009-01, Vol.42 (1), p.95-103 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Washington, DC: American Chemical Society

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  • Título:
    Nitroxide-Mediated Controlled/Living Free-Radical Surfactant-Free Emulsion Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Using a Poly(methacrylic acid)-Based Macroalkoxyamine Initiator
  • Autor: Dire, Charlotte ; Magnet, Stéphanie ; Couvreur, Laurence ; Charleux, Bernadette
  • Assuntos: Applied sciences ; Exact sciences and technology ; Organic polymers ; Physicochemistry of polymers ; Polymers with particular properties ; Preparation, kinetics, thermodynamics, mechanism and catalysts
  • É parte de: Macromolecules, 2009-01, Vol.42 (1), p.95-103
  • Descrição: Water-soluble, SG1 nitroxide-capped poly(methacrylic acid-co-styrene) macroalkoxyamines with ∼10 mol % of styrene subunits were used as initiators in the surfactant-free, ab initio, batch, emulsion homopolymerization of methyl methacrylate and its copolymerization with a low percentage of styrene, in alkaline conditions at temperatures below 90 °C. The polymerizations were well-controlled, with a very high initiating efficiency, due to the high dissociation rate constant of the macroalkoxyamines. It led to the in situ formation of amphiphilic block copolymers that self-assembled into small particles with diameter below 100 nm, according to a polymerization-induced micellization process. The polymerization kinetics, the control over molar mass and molar distribution, and the colloidal characteristics of the so-formed block copolymer micelles were studied in detail. This work represents a breakthrough in controlled/living radical polymerization in aqueous emulsion with the development of new, very efficient macroinitiators used as the sole additive for initiation, stabilization, and chain-growth control. It is also the first development of nitroxide-mediated emulsion polymerization of methyl methacrylate performed at low temperature.
  • Editor: Washington, DC: American Chemical Society
  • Idioma: Inglês

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