Effect of temperature and solvent on polymer tacticity in the free-radical polymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate

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2013

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Smith, Leesa
Coote, Michelle

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Wiley-VCH Verlag GMBH

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The effect of temperature and solvent on polymer tacticity in free-radical polymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate was studied by 13C and 1H NMR, respectively. Polystyrene shows a mild syndiotactic tendency (Pm = 0.36 ± 0.02) that is independen

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Keywords: Effect of temperature; Methyl methacrylates; Polymer tacticity; Polymerization solvents; Propagation reaction; Solvent effects; Syndiotactics; Tacticities; Acetone; Acrylic monomers; Esters; Free radical polymerization; Organic solvents; Polystyrenes; Sol poly(methyl methacrylate); polystyrene; radical polymerization; solvent effects; syndiotactic; tacticity

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Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chemistry

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