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POLYMER
Volume 46, Issue 4, Pages 1045-1049Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2004.11.040
Keywords
atom transfer radical polymerization; miniemulsion polymerization; block copolymer
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Submicron-sized poly(i-butyl methacrylate)-block-polystyrene particles were successfully prepared by two-step atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) in aqueous media: ATRP in miniemulsion (miniemulsion-ATR-P) followed by ATRP in seeded emulsion polymerization (seeded-ATRP). When PiBMA particles, which were prepared by the miniemulsion-ATRP process with polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80, nonionic emulsifier) of 6-10 wt % based on iBMA, were used as seed in the seeded-ATRP of styrene, the block copolymer particles having narrow molecular weight distribution and pre-determined molecular weight were prepared at high conversion. Some block copolymer particles had an 'onion-like' multilayered structure. In this way, controlled/living free radical polymerization can be employed to obtain unique particle morphologies that may not be easily accessible using conventional free radical polymerization. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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