Avoiding disulfides: improvement of initiation and end-capping leactions in the synthesis of polysulfide block copolf mers

Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 447-456

  Wang, Lei ^a   Kilcher, Giona ^a,b   Tirelli, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SEKISUI ALVEO ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anionic polymerization; Block copolymers; Disulfides; Episulfides; Thiols

Indexed keywords

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COPOLYMERIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; MONOMERS; POLYMERS; POLYSULFIDES;

CHAIN TRANSFER AGENTS; CHAIN TRANSFERS; DISULFIDES; END-CAPPING; EPISULFIDE; EPISULFIDES; MOLECULAR CONTROLS; POLYMERISATION; ROBUST SOLUTIONS; SURFACE FILMS; SYNTHETIC PROCEDURES; THIOLS;

ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 63449137118     PISSN: 10221352     EISSN: 15213935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/macp.200800466     Document Type: Article

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