Herein, sub-5 mm microballs, with unusual forest-like structures consisting of a polystyrene network and forest-like poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) (PMOZ) and/or linear polyethyleneimine (LPEI) side chains, were synthesized by combining two isolated processes. The first process is the dispersion radical polymerization of 4-chloromethylstyrene (CMS) and divinylbenzene (DVB) in the presence of a stabilizer, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), using 2,2 0 -azobis(isobutyronitrile) (AIBN) as an initiator, which produces a poly(4-chloromethylstyrene) type microgel (m-PStCl). The second process is the cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-methyl-2-oxazoline (MOZ) using m-PStCl as a solid initiator, which produces poly (
Sub 5 micrometer sized polystyrenic microspheres bearing theophylline residues were synthesized and used as adsorbent and catalytic support for palladium ions.
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