Abstract
Hydrophilic polymer brushes based on poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether acrylate (P(PEGA454)) or poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (P(PEGMA475)), both having a trithiocarbonate end group, were prepared in water-dioxane (9 : 1) at 44?C via RAFT polymerization, and subsequently used in RAFT dispersion polymerization of styrene in isopropanol at 90?C. RAFT reaction conditions were first optimized to prepare P(PEGA454) and P(PEGMA475) macro-RAFT agents at high monomer conversions (>90 ) and very low fraction of dead chains (
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 6990 - 7003 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Polymer Chemistry |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |