Chain-growth polycondensation for aromatic polyethers with low polydispersities: Living polymerization nature in polycondensation

Macromolecules

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 4756-4765

  Suzuki, Yukimitsu ^a   Hiraoka, Shuichi ^a   Yokoyama, Akihiro ^a   Yokozawa, Tsutomu ^a,b  

^a KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYDISPERSITY;

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYCONDENSATION; POLYMERIZATION;

AROMATIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0038458784     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma021553s     Document Type: Article

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