Synthesis of Amphiphilic Graft Copolymers ofn-Butyl Acrylate and Acrylic Acid by Atom Transfer Radical Copolymerization of Macromonomers

2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (20) ◽  
pp. 7484-7490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanli Cai ◽  
Markus Hartenstein ◽  
Axel H. E. Müller
2007 ◽  
Vol 259 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Fu ◽  
Michael F. Cunningham ◽  
Robin A. Hutchinson

2001 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 415-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Ziegler ◽  
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

2006 ◽  
Vol 59 (8) ◽  
pp. 544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Lefay ◽  
Maud Save ◽  
Bernadette Charleux ◽  
Stéphanie Magnet

The nitroxide-mediated controlled free-radical copolymerization of styrene (St) and acrylic acid (AA) was used to synthesize a well-defined poly(St30%-co-AA70%) amphiphilic gradient copolymer. The latter proved to be an efficient stabilizer in the 45 wt.-% solids content, batch miniemulsion polymerizations of St and of mixtures of methyl methacrylate/n-butyl acrylate (35/65 w/w). With 2,2´-azobisisobutyronitrile as an oil-soluble initiator, polystyrene latexes with a very narrow particle distribution were obtained, whereas the water-soluble initiator, potassium persulfate, led to broad, multimodal particle size distributions. Such results were explained by the contribution of two nucleation mechanisms: droplet nucleation and homogeneous nucleation. In contrast, the poly(methyl methacrylate-co-n-butyl acrylate) latexes exhibited larger particle size and narrower particle size distributions with persulfate initiator, than the polystyrene latexes.


1999 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 2221-2231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen V. Arehart ◽  
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski

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