Synthesis of branched polystyrene by ATRP exploiting divinylbenzene as branching comonomer |
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Authors: | Qiang Ren Chao Liu Yunhui Chen |
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Affiliation: | Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Jiangsu Polytechnic University, Changzhou 213016, PR China |
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Abstract: | Branched polystyrenes have been synthesized using atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) of styrene in the presence of divinyllbenzene (DVB) as branching comonomer. The synthesis was completed via facile one pot approach. Mole ratio of styrene to DVB in range of 5:1-30:1 was employed to obtain soluble polymers. The kinetics of the polymerization and evolution of polymer compositions were revealed by determining the conversions of reactants by gas chromatography (GC). The growth of molecular weight was monitored by GPC and the results indicate that the branched polymers were formed by self-condensing vinyl polymerization (SCVP) of AB∗ monomer or macromonomers. The branched structure of the resulting polymers was confirmed by the remarkable discrepancies of the weight average molecular weights determined by GPC and multi angle laser light scattering (MALLS). The specific viscosity of the resulting polymer is also much lower compared with that of linear analogues. The influence of dosage of initiator and catalyst on the yield and molecular weights of the resulting polymers was also investigated. |
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Keywords: | Branched polymer Self-condensing vinyl polymerization Atom transfer radical polymerization Divinylbenzene AB&lowast monomer |
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