Solvent effect on TEMPO-mediated living free radical dispersion polymerization of styrene

Soap-free emulsion polymerization of styrene using poly(methacrylic acid) macro-RAFT agent

“…Among the LFRPs, the RAFT polymerization allows the controlled polymerization of a wide variety of monomers at convenient temperatures. In the previous studies, we have reported the LFRP techniques using NMP [15,16] and RAFT [17][18][19][20][21][22] emulsion/ dispersion polymerization to synthesize polymers with welldefined end groups and narrow molecular weight distributions. All these methods rely on a reversible activation-deactivation of the growing polymer chains.…”

A novel approach to the interpretation and prediction of solvent effects in the synthesis of macroporous polymers

“…[14][15][16] A more exact concept is the application of Hildebrand's solubility parameters, but even this cannot explain all observed effects. 17,18 Those single parameter correlations have the disadvantage of a more limited prediction potential than that of multiparameter approaches. 8,19 Several workers have therefore proposed two-, three-, four-, or even five-dimensional scales.…”

TEMPO addition into pre-irradiated fluoropolymers and living-radical graft polymerization of styrene for preparation of polymer electrolyte membranes

“…In TEMPO-mediated living-radical polymerization in liquid solvents, the products were measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) to estimate the polydispersity, defined as the weightaveraged molecular weight divided by the number-averaged molecular weight (Hua and Yang, 2001;Miura et al, 2001;Shim et al, 2004). Also in the LRGP of styrene onto near the surface of polypropylene powders, the graft chains were cleaved from the root and collected for GPC measurement (Miwa et al, 2001).…”