Microsuspension iodine transfer polymerization (ms ITP) for synthesis of micrometer-size, “hydrophilic” polymer particles

• Published in: Polymer Vol. 154; pp. 128 - 134
• Main Authors: Huang, Chujuan, Yamashita, Nobuko, Chaiyasat, Amorn, Liu, Xiang, Okubo, Masayoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Benzoyl peroxide; Byproducts; Chain transfer; Chemical synthesis; Controlled/living radical polymerization; Emulsion polymerization; Hydrophilic monomer; Iodine; Iodine-transfer polymerization (ITP); Mental depression; Microsuspension ITP (ms ITP); Microsuspension polymerization; Molecular weight; Monomers; Particle size; Peroxide; Polydispersity; Polymerization; Polymers; Polymethyl methacrylate; Hydrophilic monomer; Microsuspension polymerization; Controlled/living radical polymerization; Microsuspension ITP (ms ITP); Iodine-transfer polymerization (ITP)
• ISSN: 0032-3861; 1873-2291
• DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2018.08.042

Microsuspension conventional radical polymerization (ms CRP) of methyl acrylate (MA), which is more hydrophilic monomer than methyl methacrylate (MMA), was carried out at different benzoyl peroxide (BPO) concentrations (0.8–8.0 wt% relative to MA), gave not similar micrometer-size poly(MA) (PMA) par...