TY - JOUR
T1 - Aqueous RAFT polymerization of acrylamide and N,N-dimethylacrylamide at room temperature
AU - Convertine, Anthony J.
AU - Lokitz, Brad S.
AU - Lowe, Andrew B.
AU - Scales, Charles W.
AU - Myrick, Leslie J.
AU - McCormick, Charles L.
PY - 2005/5/19
Y1 - 2005/5/19
N2 - The first example of a room temperature reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization conducted directly in aqueous media is detailed. Under these conditions acrylamide and N,N-dimethylacrylamide may be polymerized in a controlled fashion to near quantitative conversions employing a difunctional trithiocarbonate chain transfer agent (CTA). Hydrolysis studies conducted at pH 5.5 suggest that the CTA is stable up to approximately 50°C.
AB - The first example of a room temperature reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization conducted directly in aqueous media is detailed. Under these conditions acrylamide and N,N-dimethylacrylamide may be polymerized in a controlled fashion to near quantitative conversions employing a difunctional trithiocarbonate chain transfer agent (CTA). Hydrolysis studies conducted at pH 5.5 suggest that the CTA is stable up to approximately 50°C.
KW - Block copolymers
KW - Gel permeation chromatography (GPC)
KW - Hydrophilic polymers
KW - Kinetics (polymerization)
KW - RAFT
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U2 - 10.1002/marc.200500042
DO - 10.1002/marc.200500042
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:20444439283
SN - 1022-1336
VL - 26
SP - 791
EP - 795
JO - Macromolecular Rapid Communications
JF - Macromolecular Rapid Communications
IS - 10
ER -