Pushing the Limit of the RAFT Process: Multiblock Copolymers by One-Pot Rapid Multiple Chain Extensions at Full Monomer Conversion

• Published in: Macromolecules Vol. 47; no. 10; pp. 3451 - 3460
• Main Authors: Gody, Guillaume, Maschmeyer, Thomas, Zetterlund, Per B, Perrier, Sébastien
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 27.05.2014
• Subjects: acrylamides; Applied sciences; composite polymers; Exact sciences and technology; molecular weight; Organic polymers; Physicochemistry of polymers; Polymerization; Preparation, kinetics, thermodynamics, mechanism and catalysts; One pot reaction; Organic trithiocarbonate; Iterative method; Acrylamide derivative copolymer; Experimental study; Optimization; Solution polymerization; Operating conditions; Monodispersed polymer; Alcohol copolymer; Free radical polymerization; Chain transfer; Multiblock copolymer; Aqueous medium; Preparation; Successive reaction

We describe an optimized method to prepare multiblock copolymers. The approach is based on our previously reported use of reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, which here has been optimized into a fast, versatile, efficient, and scalable process. The one-pot, multis...