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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Synthesis of a polystyrene-arm-polybutadiene-arm-poly(methyl methacrylate) triarm star copolymer

Reimund StadlerHanno HückstädtVolker Abetz

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Materials sciencePolymers and PlasticsOrganic ChemistrySequence (biology)MacromonomerPoly(methyl methacrylate)chemistry.chemical_compoundPolybutadienePolymerizationchemistryvisual_artPolymer chemistryMaterials ChemistryCopolymervisual_art.visual_art_mediumPolystyreneMethyl methacrylate

description

The straightforward synthesis of a polystyrene-arm-polybutadiene-arm-poly(methyl methacrylate) triarm star copolymer has been successfully realized by a sequence of reactions which involves the sequential addition of a living polybutadienyllithium to a polystyrene macromonomer with a terminal 1,1-diphenylethylene unit and subsequent polymerization of methyl methacrylate. The high-molecular-weight polystyrene-arm-polybutadiene-arm-poly(methyl methacrylate) star copolymer shows microphase separation into three phases.

https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.1996.030170814