Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol.74, No.8, 2072-2076, 1999
Preparation of PMMA-PS-PMMA via combination of anionic and photoinduced charge-transfer polymerization
PMMA-PS-PMMA triblock copolymers were prepared lay the combination of an anionic mechanism with charge-transfer polymerization. Polystyrene with aromatic tertiary amino groups at both ends (PSba) was synthesized first by the reaction of a living polystyrene macrodianion with excess p-(dimethylamino)benzaldehyde; then, the PSba was constituted into a binary system with benzophenone (BP) to initiate the polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) under UV irradiation. The intermediate and resulting block copolymers were characterized by GPC, IR, and H-1-NMR.
Keywords:FREE-RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;AMPHIPHILIC BLOCK-COPOLYMERS;CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION;EFFECT TRANSFORMATION;PHOTO-POLYMERIZATION;TERMINATED POLYMERS;REACTIVITIES;METHACRYLATE