Controlled/living radical polymerization of isoprene and butadiene in emulsion

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3149-3163

  Bar Nes, Gabriela ^a,d   Hall, Radford ^a   Sharma, Vikashni ^a   Gaborieau, Marianne ^a,c,e   Lucas, David ^b   Castignolles, Patrice ^a,c,f   Gilbert, Robert G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Ansell Shah Alam Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrier products; Butadiene; Emulsion polymerization; Isoprene; Nanophase separation; RAFT

Indexed keywords

BARRIER MATERIAL; BARRIER PRODUCTS; CONTROLLED RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; CONTROLLED/LIVING RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; EMULSION SYSTEMS; HIGH-T; ISOPRENE; LATEX PARTICLES; NANOPHASE SEPARATION; POLYMER CHAINS; RAFT; REINITIATION; SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; BUTADIENE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSION POLYMERIZATION; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYSTYRENES; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; STYRENE;

POLYMERS;

EID: 70350000865     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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