Abstract
Novel water-soluble ruthenium carbene complexes with finely tuned structure and properties in solution are reported. These ruthenium-based initiators were found to exhibit great catalytic activity in aqueous miniemulsion ring-opening metathesis polymerization of norbornene. Stable particles of polynorbornene could be generated in the 200-250 nm size range stabilized with a nonionic surfactant (poly-styrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide)).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2784-2793 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 2006 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Macromonomers
- Miniemulsion polymerization
- Ring-opening metathesis polymerization
- Water-soluble carbene
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Polymers and Plastics
- Organic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry