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A study of the polymerization of styrene initiated by K-THF-GIC system |
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| Authors: | Luyi Sun Jingjing Liu |
| Institution: | a Polymer Technology Center, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3123, USA b School of Physics and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, PR China c Polymer Structure and Modification Research Laboratory, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, PR China |
| Abstract: | In this paper, the polymerization of styrene initiated by potassium (K)-tetrahydrofuran (THF)-graphite intercalation compound (GIC) (K-THF-GIC) was studied. The mechanism of the polymerization was determined to be anionic polymerization according to its characteristics. The effect of the concentration of the initiator and monomer was studied. It was found that the polymerization mainly occurred on the surface and edge of the intercalated graphite. It was also shown that the polarity of solvent has little effect on the polymerization yield in this system. |
| Keywords: | Graphite intercalation compound Anionic polymerization Polystyrene GPC |
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