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Star-Like Polymers of tert -Butyl Acrylate via Controlled Radical Polymerization - Synthesis and Properties

Agnieszka KowalczukBarbara MendrekBarbara MendrekBarbara TrzebickaAndrzej DworakAndrzej Dworak

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Nitroxide mediated radical polymerizationMaterials sciencePolymers and PlasticsOrganic ChemistryRadical polymerizationChain transferCondensed Matter PhysicsPhotochemistryLiving free-radical polymerizationPolymerizationPolymer chemistryMaterials ChemistryCoordination polymerizationReversible addition−fragmentation chain-transfer polymerizationIonic polymerization

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Summary: Star polymers with different numbers and lengths of poly(tert-butyl acrylate) arms were obtained by the core-first method via atom transfer and iodine mediated radical polymerization. Multifunctional initiators with different numbers of initiating groups (from 3 to 28) were used to initiate the polymerization of tert-butyl acrylate, yielding stars with different numbers of arms. The structures of the stars were characterized by NMR and gel permeation chromatography with refractive index, multiangle laser light scattering and viscosimetric detectors.

https://doi.org/10.1002/masy.201151013