A replicated investigation of nitroxide-mediated radical polymerization of styrene over a range of reaction conditions

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 879-892

  Nabifar, Afsaneh ^a   McManus, Neil T ^a   Vivaldo Lima, Eduardo ^b   Lona, Liliane M F ^c   Penlidis, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Controlled living radical polymerization; Nitroxide mediated radical polymerization; Styrene polymerization; TEMPO

Indexed keywords

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STYRENE;

2 ,2 ,6 ,6-TETRAMETHYL-1-PIPERIDINYLOXY; CONTROLLED/LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; NITROXIDE MEDIATED RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; RATE OF POLYMERIZATION; STYRENE POLYMERIZATION; TEMPO;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 54949137999     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.20092     Document Type: Article

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