Solution behavior of 4-arm poly(tert-butyl acrylate) star polymers

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2341-2351

  Mendrek, Barbara ^a,b   Trzebicka, Barbara ^a   Wałach, Wojciech ^a   Dworak, Andrzej ^a,b  

^a CENTRE OF POLYMER AND CARBON MATERIALS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Branching parameters; Intrinsic viscosity; Poly(tert butyl acrylate); Star polymers; Ratio

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; FLUID DYNAMICS; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLAR MASS; VISCOSITY;

BRANCHING PARAMETERS; DILUTE SOLUTION PROPERTIES; HYDRODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; INTRINSIC VISCOSITY; POLY (TERT-BUTYL ACRYLATE); SECOND VIRIAL COEFFICIENTS; STAR POLYMERS; STATIC LIGHT SCATTERING;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79955384643     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2010.09.042     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Burchard W. Solution properties of branched macromolecules. Adv Polym Sci 1999;143:113-94.
2. Mishra MK, Kobayashi S, editors. Star and hyperbranched polymers. New York, Basel: Marcel Dekker, Inc.; 1999.
3. Roovers J, Bywater S. Preparation and characterization of four-branched star polystyrene. Macromolecules 1972;5:384-8.
4. Roovers J, Bywater S. Preparation of six-branched star polystyrene. Thermodynamic and hydrodynamic properties of four and six-branched star polystyrenes. Macromolecules 1974;4:443-9.
5. Roovers J, Zhou LL, Van der Zwan M, Iatrou H, Hadjichristidis N, Toporowski PM. Regular star polymers with 64 and 128 arms. Models for polymeric micelles. Macromolecules 1993;26:4324-31. (Pubitemid 23704470)
6. Roovers J, Toporowski P, Martin J. Synthesis and characterization of multiarm star polybutadienes. Macromolecules 1989;22:1897-903.
7. Comanita B, Noren B, Roovers J. Star poly(ethylene oxide)s from carbosilane dendrimers. Macromolecules 1999;32:1069-72.
8. Bauer BJ, Fetters LJ, Graessley WW, Hadjichristidis N, Quack GF. Chain dimension in dilute polymer solutions: a light-scattering and viscometric study of multiarmed polyisoprene stars in good and h solvents. Macromolecules 1989;22:2337-47.
9. Huber K, Burchard W, Fetters LJ. Dynamic light scattering from regular star-branched molecules. Macromolecules 1984;17:541-8.
10. Roovers J, Hadjichristidis N, Fetters LJ. Analysis and dilute solution properties of 12-and 18-arm-star polystyrenes. Macromolecules 1983;16:214-20.
11. Matyjaszewski K, Xia J. Atom transfer polymerization. Chem Rev 2001;101:2921-90.
12. Tsarevsky NV, Matyjaszewski K. "Green" atom transfer radical polymerization: from process design to preparation of well-defined environmentally friendly polymeric materials. Chem Rev 2007;107:2270-99. (Pubitemid 47029094)
13. Braunecker WA, Matyjaszewski K. Controlled/living radical polymerization: features, developments, and perspectives. Prog Polym Sci 2007;32:93-146. (Pubitemid 46201961)
14. Hawker CJ, Bosman AW, Harth E. New polymer synthesis by nitroxide mediated living radical polymerizations. Chem Rev 2001;101:3661-88. (Pubitemid 35373046)
15. Colombani D. Driving forces in free radical addition-fragmentation processes. Prog Polym Sci 1999;24:425-80.
16. Lowe AB, McCormick CL. Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) radical polymerization and the synthesis of water-soluble (co)polymers under homogeneous conditions in organic and aqueous media. Prog Polym Sci 2007;32:283-351. (Pubitemid 46329720)
17. Hadjichristidis N, Pitsikalis M, Iatrou H. In: Matyjaszewski K, Gnanou Y, Leibler L, editors. Macromolecular Engineering, vol. 2. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH; 2007. p. 909-72.
18. Grest S, Fetters L, Huang JS, Richter D. Star polymers: experiment, theory and simulation. Adv Chem Phys 1996;XCIV:67-163.
19. Rangelov S, Trzebicka B, Jamóz-Piegza M, Dworak A. Hydrodynamic behavior of high molar mass linear polyglycidol in dilute aqueous solution. J Phys Chem.B 2007;111:11127-33. (Pubitemid 47548363)
20. Bercea M, Ioan C, Ioan S, Simionescu BC, Simionescu CI. Ultrahigh molecular weight polymers in dilute solutions. Prog Polym Sci 1999;24:379-424.
21. Flory PJ. Principles of polymer chemistry. New York, Ithaca: Cornell University Press; 1953.
22. Le Guillou J, Zinn-Justin J. Critical exponents for the n-vector model in three dimensions from field theory. Phys Rev Lett 1977;39:95-8.
23. Zimm BH, Stockmayer WH. The dimensions of chain molecules containing branches and rings. J Chem Phys 1949;17:1301-14.
24. Zimm BH, Kilb RW. Dynamiccs of branched polymer molecules in dilute solution. J Polym Sci 1959;37:19-42.
25. Park S, Chang T, Park ICH. Static and hydrodynamic sizeofpolystyrene coils in various solvents. Macromolecules 1991;24:5729-31. (Pubitemid 21737931)
26. Stradman S, Hietala S, Aseyev V, Koli B, Butcher SJ, Tenhu H. Supramolecular assemblies of amphiphylic PMMA-block-PAA stars in aqueous solutions. Polymer 2006;47:6524-35. (Pubitemid 44279750)
27. Burchard W. In: Borsali R, Pecora R, editors. Soft-matter characterization. Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 465-603.
28. Roovers J. In: Mishra MK, Kobayashi S, editors. Star and hyperbranched polymers. New York, Basel: Marcel Dekker Inc.; 1999. p. 285-341.
29. Mendrek B, Trzebicka B. Synthesis and characterization of well-defined poly(tert-butyl acrylate) star polymers. Eur Polym J 2009;45:1979-93.
30. Angot S, Murthy KS, Taton D, Gnanou Y. Scope of copper halide/bipyridyl system associated with calixarene-based multihalides for synthesis of well-defined polystyrene and poly(meth)acrylate stars. Macromolecules 2000;33:7261-74.
31. Stradman S, Tenhu H. Star polymers synthesised with flexible resorcinarene-derived ATRP initiators. Polymer 2007;48:3938-51. (Pubitemid 46935243)
32. Jerome R, Desreux V. Hydrodynamic properties and unperturbed dimensions of poly(tert-butyl acrylate) in different solvents. Eur Polym J 1970;6:411-21.
33. Burchard W. Static and dynamic light scattering from branched polymers and biopolymers. Adv Polym Sci 1983;48:1-124.
34. 60 core. Carbon 1998;36(5, 6):839-42. (Pubitemid 128401409)
35. Khasat N, Pennisi RW, Hadjichristidis N, Fetters LJ. Dilute solution behavior of asymmetric three-arm and regular three-and twelve-arm polystyrene stars. Macromolecules 1988;21:1100-6. (Pubitemid 18618881)
36. Fujita H. Some unsolved problems on dilute polymer solutions. Macromolecules 1988;21:179-85. (Pubitemid 18606471)
37. Fujita H, Norisuye T. Molecular weight dependence of the second virial coefficient for linear flexible polymers in good solvents. Macromolecules 1985;18:1637-8.
38. Weill G, des Cloizeaux J. Dynamics of polymers in dilute solutions: an explanation of anomalous indices by cross-over effect. J Phys (Paris) 1979;40:99-105. (Pubitemid 9461055)
39. deGennes PG. Scaling concepts in polymer physics. NewYork, Ithaca: Cornell University Press; 1979.
40. Yamakawa H. Modern theory of polymer solutions. New York: Harper&Row, Publishers Inc.; 1971.
41. Adam M, Delsanti M. Light scattering by dilute solution of polystyrene in good solvent. J Phys (Paris) 1976;37:1045-9.
42. Willner L, Jucknischke O, Richter D, Roovers J, Zhou L-L, Toporowski PM, et al. Structural investigation of star polymers in solution by small angle neutron scattering. Macromolecules 1994;27:3821-9.
43. Cölfen H, Berth G, Dautzenberg H.Hydrodynamic studiesonchitosans in aqueous solution. Carbohydrate Polymers 2001;45:373-83.
44. Mrkvickova L, Danhelka J. Characterization of poly(tert-butyl acrylate) by SEC. J Appl Polym Sci 1990;41:1929-31.
45. Hadjichristidis N, Roovers J. Synthesis and solution properties of linear, four-branched, and six-branched star polyisoprenes. J Poly Sci, Polym Phys Ed 1974;12:2521-33.
46. Douglas J, Roovers J, Freed K. Characterization of branching architecture through "universal" ratios of polymer solution properties. Macromolecules 1990;23:4168-80. (Pubitemid 20733923)
47. Hirao A, Matsuo A, Watanabe T. Precise synthesis of dendrimer-like star-branched poly(methyl methacrylate)s up to seventh generation by an iterative divergent approach involving coupling and transformation reactions. Macromolecules 2005;38:8701-11. (Pubitemid 41527921)
48. Hwang J, Foster MD, Quirk RP. Synthesis of4, 8, 12-arm star-branched polybutadienes with three different chain-end functionalities using a functionalized initiator. Polymer 2004;45:873-80. (Pubitemid 38155986)
49. Douglas J, Freed K. Renormalization and the two-parameter theory. Macromolecules 1984;17:2344-54.