PREPARATION OF MULTIPHASE BLOCK-COPOLYMERS BY REDOX POLYMERIZATION PROCESS .3. POLYMERIZATION OF METHYL-METHACRYLATE AND ACRYLAMIDE BY THE MN(III)POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) REDOX SYSTEM


CAKMAK I.

ANGEWANDTE MAKROMOLEKULARE CHEMIE, vol.224, pp.1-8, 1995 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

Abstract

Redox-initiated free-radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and acrylamide (AAm) with poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) using Mn(III) as reduction agent was carried out to yield PMMA-block-PEG-block-PMMA and AAm-block-PEG-block-AAm triblock copolymers. The principal parameters (concentration of the reactants, temperature) affecting the synthesis were examined. Block copolymers were characterized by H-1-NMR and infrared spectroscopy.