Xiulin Zhu* (朱秀林)
Suzhou Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Design and Precision Synthesis, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Design and Application, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Green Chem. 2015, 17, 271-278
A green and highly efficient AGET ATRP (activators generated by electron transfer for atom transfer radical polymerization) system was constructed in the absence of any additional ligands, using FeCl3·6H2O as a catalyst, and methyl methacrylate as a model monomer in polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG-400). The effects of various factors, such as the type of ATRP initiator, the molecular weight of PEG and the reducing agent type, polymerization temperature as well as solvent, on the polymerization were investigated. Polymerization kinetics demonstrated that the polymerization was a controlled/"living" process with molecular weight increasing linearly with conversion while maintaining a low molecular weight distribution. The living feature was further confirmed by chain extension experiments.
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