Controlled Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Styrene <italic style="font-style: italic">via</italic> Cu(0)-Mediated RDRP by Selecting the Optimal Reaction Conditions

Yong-Peng Miao; Jing Lyu; Hai-Yang Yong; Sigen A; Yong-Sheng Gao; Wen-Xin Wang

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Controlled Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Styrene via Cu(0)-Mediated RDRP by Selecting the Optimal Reaction Conditions

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- Controlled Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Styrene via Cu(0)-Mediated RDRP by Selecting the Optimal Reaction Conditions
- Chinese Journal of Polymer Science Vol. 37, Issue 6, Pages: 591-597(2019)
- Affiliations：
  
  a.School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
  b.Charles Institute of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
  c.School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- Author bio：
  
  yongsheng.gao@ucdconnect.ie (Y.S.G.)
  wenxin.wang@ucd.ie (W.X.W.)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s10118-019-2236-x
  CLC：
- Received：26 November 2018，
  
  Revised：2019-1-22，
  
  Accepted：28 January 2019，
  
  Online First：11 March 2019，
  
  Published：2019-06
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Citation: Miao, Y. P.; Lyu, J.; Yong, H. Y.; A, S.; Gao, Y. S.; Wang, W. X. Controlled polymerization of methyl methacrylate and styrene via Cu(0)-mediated RDRP by selecting the optimal reaction conditions. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2019, 37, 591–597

Yong-Peng Miao, Jing Lyu, Hai-Yang Yong, et al. Controlled Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Styrene via Cu(0)-Mediated RDRP by Selecting the Optimal Reaction Conditions[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2019, 37(6): 591-597. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-019-2236-x.
Citation: Miao, Y. P.; Lyu, J.; Yong, H. Y.; A, S.; Gao, Y. S.; Wang, W. X. Controlled polymerization of methyl methacrylate and styrene via Cu(0)-mediated RDRP by selecting the optimal reaction conditions. Chinese J. Polym. Sci. 2019, 37, 591–597 DOI： 10.1007/s10118-019-2236-x.

Yong-Peng Miao, Jing Lyu, Hai-Yang Yong, et al. Controlled Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Styrene via Cu(0)-Mediated RDRP by Selecting the Optimal Reaction Conditions[J]. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, 2019, 37(6): 591-597. DOI: 10.1007/s10118-019-2236-x. DOI：

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Abstract

Cu(0)-mediated reversible deactivation radical polymerization (Cu(0)-mediated RDRP) has been demonstrated as an excellent technique to control the polymerization of multiple vinyl monomers (

e.g.

acrylates

methacrylates

and styrene). However

the complexity of the reaction mechanism and multi-component system nature make it challenging to choose the appropriate conditions and consider the factors of achieving controllable polymerization when switching from one monomer to others with different reactivities. Herein

by polymerizing two examplary monomers: methyl methacrylate (MMA) and styrene

via

Cu(0)-mediated RDRP under different conditions

we have found that the reaction parameters (

e.g.

initiator

ligand

solvent

and deactivator) play a crucial role in regulating two equilibriums: (i) mutual conversion of different copper species which determines the relative concentration of Cu(I) and Cu(II)

and (ii) polymerization equilibrium which is the combination of activation/deactivation

propagation and termination processes. We have demonstrated that by taking both the mutual conversion of different copper species and the polymerization equilibrium into account

the optimal reaction conditions could be selected

and the well-controlled Cu(0)-mediated RDRPs of methyl methacrylate and styrene were achieved with narrow molecular weight distributions and predicted molecular weight.

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Controlled Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate and Styrene via Cu(0)-Mediated RDRP by Selecting the Optimal Reaction Conditions

DOI：10.1007/s10118-019-2236-x

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