The kinetics of nitroxide-mediated dispersion copolymerization with crosslinking styrene (STY) and divinylbenzene (DVB) in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is addressed experimentally. 2,2,6,6-Tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxy (TEMPO) dibenzoyl peroxide (BPO) were used as nitroxide controller initiator, respectively. A high-pressure cell lateral sapphire windows at 120 °C 207 bar was to carry ou...

The first C5 polymerization is reported, where the main-chain growing by five carbon atoms of monomer at a time. Three dienyltriphenylarsonium ylide monomers were synthesized and polymerized with triethylborane as an initiator, leading to random terpolymers (C1, C3, C5) mainly repeating units (up 84.1 %). It has been found that methyl group (electron-donating substituent) on conjugated double b...

A series of ABA triblock copolymers, consisting of double-bond-containing poly(phenoxyallene) (PPOA), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), or poly(butyl acrylate) (PBA) segments, were synthesized by sequential free radical polymerization and atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). A new bifunctional initiator bearing azo and halogen-containing ATRP initiating groups was first prepared followe...

A novel method for preparing α-norbornene methylene polystyrene macromonomer (NBMPSt) is reported. NBMPSt macromonomer ( Mn = 1.60 × 10 and PDI = 1.26) had glass transition temperature (Tg) of 107 C for polystyrene segment. Since the homopolymerization of NBMPSt macromonomer with number average molecular weight ( Mn ) 1.60 ×10 could not be carried out by ring-opening metathesis polymerization (...

−− The batch copolymerization of styrene (St) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) in the presence of polybutadiene (PB) is theoretically and experimentally investigated. A mathematical model that enables to calculate the main global variables and the macromolecular structure of the evolving polymer mixture is presented. The model is an extension of that developed by Estenoz et al. (1999) for the homo...

Copolymerization of racemic alpha-olefins with ethylene and propylene was carried out in the presence of enantiopure C1-symmetric ansa metallocene, {1,2-(SiMe2)2(eta5-C5H-3,5-(CHMe2)2)(eta5-C5H3)}ZrCl2 to probe the effect of the polymer chain end on enantioselection for the R- or S-alpha-olefin during the kinetic resolution by polymerization catalysis. Copolymerizations with ethylene revealed t...

Optimization of a semicontinuous emulsion polymerization reaction is carried out using a mathematical model derived from first principles to represent the process. Iterative Dynamic Programming (IDP), being a straightforward procedure that allows the implementation of optimization constraints, is an attractive tool to optimize highly complex and nonlinear equation systems such as those that are...

Copolymerization of racemic -olefins with ethylene and propylene was carried out in the presence of enantiopure C1-symmetric ansa metallocene, {1,2-(SiMe2)2( -C5H-3,5-(CHMe2)2)( -C5H3)}ZrCl2 to probe the effect of the polymer chain end on enantioselection for the Ror S-olefin during the kinetic resolution by polymerization catalysis. Copolymerizations with ethylene revealed that the polymer cha...