Photocrosslinkable star polymers via RAFT-copolymerizations with N-ethylacrylate-3,4-dimethylmaleimide

Polymers

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 706-729

  Förster, Nadja ^a   Pöppler, Ann Christin ^a   Stalke, Dietmar ^a   Vana, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Butyl acrylate (BA); Copolymerization; N ethylacrylate 3,4 dimethylmaleimide; N isopropyl acrylamide (NIPAm); RAFT polymerization; Reactivity ratios; Star polymers

Indexed keywords

BUTYL ACRYLATES; N-ETHYLACRYLATE-3,4-DIMETHYLMALEIMIDE; N-ISOPROPYLACRYLAMIDES; RAFT POLYMERIZATION; REACTIVITY RATIO; STAR POLYMERS;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; AMIDES; COPOLYMERS; LIVING POLYMERIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

COPOLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84883298640     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym5020706     Document Type: Article

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