A polyester–polystyrene hybrid connected by dynamic covalent bonds prepared via radical polymerization of styrene in a “RAFT gel”
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We cross-linked the polyester chains with 1,1-thiocarbonyldiimidazole to form a reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) gel, in which the trithiocarbonate moiety acted as a cross-linker. The “RAFT gel” was then swollen in vinyl monomers and styrene was radically polymerized within the gel, in which the polyester and polystyrene segments were miscible at the segment level.
2004 ◽
Vol 40
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pp. 641-645
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