Well-defined higher-molecular-weight polyacrylonitrile via RAFT technique in the presence of disulfide compounds as a source of chain transfer agent

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1200-1208

  Liu, Xiao hui ^a   Zhang, Gui bao ^a   Li, Bai xiang ^a   Bai, Yun gang ^a   Pan, Ding ^b   Li, Yue sheng ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Disulfide compounds; Kinetics; Molecular weight; Polyacrylonitrile; Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT)

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CHAIN LENGTH; MONOMERS; POLYDISPERSITY; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DISULFIDE COMPOUNDS; MONOMER CONVERSION; POLYDISPERSITY INDEX; REVERSIBLE ADDITION-FRAGMENTATION CHAIN TRANSFER (RAFT) PROCESS;

POLYACRYLONITRILES;

EID: 41049098791     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2008.01.031     Document Type: Article

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