Synthesis and characterization of poly(methyl methacrylate) star polymers

Vasilis Efstratiadis; Giannis Tselikas; Nikos Hadjichristidis; Jianbo Li; Wan Yunan; Jimmy W. Mays

doi:10.1002/pi.1994.210330208

Synthesis and characterization of poly(methyl methacrylate) star polymers

Vasilis Efstratiadis, Giannis Tselikas, Nikos Hadjichristidis, Jianbo Li, Wan Yunan, Jimmy W. Mays^*

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Abstract

Star‐branched poly(methyl methacrylate)s (PMMA) were synthesized by linking ‘living’ arms (produced by anionic polymerzation) with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate. Stars having arm molecular weights of 10000 and 40000 and between 4.9 and 18.7 branches were produced. The polymers were characterized using light scattering, size exclusion chromatography, and viscometry. It was found that well‐defined PMMA stars were obtained only at the higher (40000) arm molecular weight. The stars prepared using the lower molecular weight (c. 10000) arms contained very high molecular weight gel components.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	171-179
Number of pages	9
Journal	Polymer International
Volume	33
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pi.1994.210330208
State	Published - Feb 1994
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

gelation
intrinsic viscosity
poly(methyl methacrylate)
star polymer

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Polymers and Plastics
Organic Chemistry
Materials Chemistry

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