RAFT miniemulsion polymerization of methyl methacrylate
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- 作者：Lei Yang ; Yingwu Luo ; Xinzhi Liu ; Bogeng Li
- 关键词：RAFT polymerization ; Miniemulsion polymerization ; Methyl methacrylate
- 刊名：Polymer
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：26 August 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：50
- 期：18
- 页码：4334-4342
- 全文大小：600 K
文摘
It has been well documented that RAFT miniemulsion polymerization has broader molecular weight distribution, compared with its bulk polymerization counterpart. Interestingly, it was found that the PDI value of RAFT miniemulsion polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) mediated by 2-cyranoprop-2-yl dithiobenzoate (CPDB) was still as low as its corresponding bulk polymerization did. PDI could be as low as 1.13 even with typical sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS, 1 wt % , surfactant) and n-hexadecane (HD, 2 wt % , costablizer) concentrations. When the polymerization was carried out at 60 °C, a dramatic increase in PDI (>1.4) was observed after 80 % monomer conversion since RAFT addition reaction became diffusion-controlled. Increasing the polymerization temperature to 80 °C could reduce the PDI to 1.2 even at 100 % monomer conversion. The compartmentalization effect of radicals was surprisingly absence before 30 % monomer conversion but became pronounced afterwards in the miniemulsion polymerization. Thus, it still took less time to finish the miniemulsion polymerization with the increase of the surfactant levels.