| Abstract: | Polymers containing thermolabile groups were synthesized by various cationic polymerization initiation mechanisms, namely; oxo–carbenium, promoted cationic and activated monomer polymerization. These polymers used in a subsequent blocking step in which azo groups were decomposed and converted into initiating centres from which blocks were grown by means of free radical polymerization. This procedure was applied to specific systems in which cationic polymerizable monomers are tetrahydrofuran (THF), cyclohexene oxide (CHO) and epichlorohydrin (ECH), respectively, and the free radical polymerizable monomer is styrene (St). |
