Facile synthesis of thermoresponsive block copolymers of N-isopropylacrylamide using heterogeneous controlled/living nitroxide-mediated polymerizations in supercritical carbon dioxide

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1279-1288

  O'Connor, Padraig ^a   Yang, Rongbing ^a   Carroll, William M ^a   Rochev, Yury ^a   Aldabbagh, Fawaz ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Macroinitiator; Polymer; Precipitation polymerisation; Radical; Reversible deactivation; Suspension polymerisation

Indexed keywords

CLOUD POINT TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED/LIVING POLYMERIZATION; FACILE SYNTHESIS; ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDE; MACROINITIATORS; N ,N-DIMETHYLACRYLAMIDE; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDES; NARROW DISPERSITY; NEW PROTOCOL; NITROXIDE MEDIATED POLYMERIZATION; NITROXIDES; POLY(ACRYLIC ACID ); POLY-N-ISOPROPYL ACRYLAMIDE; RADICAL; REVERSIBLE-DEACTIVATION; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; SUSPENSION POLYMERISATION; TERT-BUTYL ACRYLATE; THERMO-RESPONSIVE;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HYDROGELS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYMERS; STYRENE; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS;

EID: 84862902125     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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