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American Chemical Society, Macromolecules, 15(45), p. 5859-5865, 2012

DOI: 10.1021/ma300773t

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Photochemically Mediated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate Using ppm Amounts of Catalyst

Journal article published in 2012 by Jaroslav Mosnáček ORCID, Markéta Ilčíková
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Abstract

Well-controlled polymerization of methyl methacrylate at 35 °C was achieved by photochemically mediated atom transfer radical polymerization using a copper catalyst concentration as low as 50–100 ppm. Irradiation at λ > 350 nm provided both a reduction of initially added copper(II) catalyst complexed with either PMDETA or TPMA ligand to a copper(I) activator and a sufficient rate of polymerization. Poly(methyl methacrylate) with a narrow dispersity and predictable molar mass was obtained when an initiator, such as 2-bromopropionitrile, was used. Successful chain-extension polymerization confirmed the living character of the photopolymerization system.