Efficient free-radical cyclopolymerization of oriented styrenic difunctional monomers

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1860-1866

  Edizer, Seda ^a,b   Veronesi, Barbara ^a   Karahan, Ozlem ^b   Aviyente, Viktorya ^b   Deǧirmenci, Isa ^b   Galbiati, Alessandro ^c   Pasini, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Viale Zanotti 90   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHANE; DEGREE OF FLEXIBILITY; DEGREES OF POLYMERIZATIONS; DIFUNCTIONAL; MALONATE MOIETY; RADICAL CYCLOPOLYMERIZATION; REPEATING UNIT; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

CROSSLINKING; STYRENE;

FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 66649089782     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma802530t     Document Type: Article

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