Macromolecular Rapid Communications · 1997 · 91 citations · 18 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials SciencePolymer ChemistryPolymer EngineeringPolymer MaterialsFree-radical PolymerizationPolymer NetworksPolymer PhysicsPolymer ProductionPolymeric NanomaterialsPolymerization ChemistryAnalytical Size-exclusion ChromatographyCrosslinked Polymer NetworksDetectors For Size-exclusion ChromatographyLiving Radical PolymerizationNitroxide-mediated PolymerizationSize-exclusion Liquid Chromatography
Abstract Microgels which are soluble crosslinked polymer networks have been prepared using the nitroxide living free radical polymerization methodology. When heated in the presence of tert ‐butylstyrene and 1,4‐divinylbenzene, the alkoxyamine 1 derived from 2,2′‐azoisobutyronitrile (AIBN) afforded a high molecular weight soluble polymer which was shown by size exclusion chromatography in conjunction with an on‐line multi angle laser light scattering (MALLS) detector to have microgel properties.
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