ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
block copolymer
;
polystyrene
;
polyvinyl alcohol
;
polyvinyl acetate
;
charge-transfer complex
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Amphiphilic diblock copolymers of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polystyrene (PS), which are very difficult to prepare by common polymerization methods, have been obtained by initiation of the polymerization of styrene and vinyl acetate successively, followed by hydrolysis, using the ethanolamine-benzophenone (BP) charge-transfer complex (CTC). The effects of solvents, concentration of monomer, BP, ethanolamine, and PS prepolymer, with a reactive imino group (PSa), on the photo-induced charge-transfer polymerization (CTP) of St and block copolymerization of VAc are discussed. The copolymer of PS-b-PVAc and the hydrolyzed product, PS-b-PVA, were characterized by FTIR, NMR, and GPC in detail. The effect of PS chain length on the crystallization of PVA was described. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 36: 109-115, 1998
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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