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	Discipline(s) :	Engineering, computing & technology : Materials science & engineering Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences : Chemistry
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Title :	The use of epsilon-caprolactone as a polymerizable solvent for the atom transfer radical polymerization of MMA at low temperature
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Wang, Wenxin [University of Liège (ULg) > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM) > >]
	Yin, Zhihui [University of Liège (ULg) > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM) > >]
	Detrembleur, Christophe [University of Liège (ULg) > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM) > >]
	Lecomte, Philippe [University of Liège (ULg) > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM) > >]
	Lou, Xudong [University of Liège (ULg) > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM) > >]
	Jérôme, Robert [University of Liège (ULg) > Department of Chemistry > Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM) > >]
Publication date :	14-May-2002
Journal title :	Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics
Publisher :	Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh
Volume :	203
Issue/season :	7
Pages :	968-974
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBi)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	1022-1352
City :	Weinheim
Keywords :	[en] ring-opening polymerization ; lactone ; radical polymerization ; atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP)
Abstract :	[en] This paper report on the decisive effect that solvent has on the atom transfer radical polymerization of methyl metacrylate (MMA) at low temperature. In buta-none and in the presence of a copper(I)/bipyridine com-plex the polymerization is controlled and the molecular weight distribution is narrow, at 0°C and even lower. This control is maintained when ε-caprolactone (CL) is substi-tuted for butanone. The use of this polymerizable solvent together with a novel dual initiator, 2-hydroxyethyl. 2'-methyl-2'bromopropionate, is an efficient strategy to pre pare PMMA-b-PCL diblock polymers in a one-pot process.
Research units :	Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Funders :	Politique Scientifique Fédérale (Belgique) = Belgian Federal Science Policy
Target :	Researchers
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/3678
DOI :	10.1002/1521-3935(20020401)203:7<968::AID-MACP968>3.0.CO;2-X
Other URL :	http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/93519021/PDFSTART

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