Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1400289 | European Polymer Journal | 2006 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
For the first time, charge transfer (CT) co-polymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate, promoted by hydroquinone (HQ) at various feed compositions, has been achieved in a hydrophobic ionic liquid. The co-polymers have been characterized for thermal and molecular weight properties. The molecular weights obtained for the co-polymers made in ionic liquid were found to be slightly lower than the corresponding polymers synthesized in conventional solvent. The reactivity ratios of the co-polymers have been computed and compared with conventional CT polymerization. The reactivity ratios of Sty-MMA indicate that the co-polymerization has a tendency to alternate and to produce a higher styrene content in the co-polymers. The numerical values of the inverse of r1 and r2 indicate that both monomer radicals have a distinct cross propagation tendency.
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Authors
R. Vijayaraghavan, D.R. MacFarlane,