Polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) is used to prepare linear poly(glycerol monomethacrylate)-poly(2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate)-poly(benzyl methacrylate) [PGMA-PHPMA-PBzMA] triblock copolymer nano-objects in the form of a concentrated aqueous dispersion via a three-step synthesis based on reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. First, GMA is polymerized ...

Synthesis of (multi)block copolymers using reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization generally suffers from the limitation that order blocks must be considered. Herein, syntheses block by RAFT trithiocarbonate species are conducted as solution, miniemulsion, and emulsion polymerizations to demonstrate issue monomer for styrene butyl methacrylate can largely overcome...

Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization is one of the most common controlled techniques to prepare well-defined, rather narrow dispersed polymers due reduced demands in reactant preparation. Despite these advantages, RAFT was so far primarily utilized on small laboratory scales. This study presents a first step scaled-up by developing and experimentally validating...

RAFT dispersion polymerization and preparation of a core–shell particle dispersed epoxy resin.

Miniemulsion polymerization technique has been used extensively for preparing small sized uniform particles of polymers, core-shell polymer particles, hybrid particles and encapsulation of liquid core. The technique has achieved limited success in the area of uniform core shell structure with liquid as core, as it requires matching of strict thermodynamic and kinetic factors. The interfacial te...

Periodic nanostructures of poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (pGMA) were grafted onto poly(ethylenealt-tetrafluorethylene) (ETFE) films by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. ETFE samples were first irradiated in an interference lithographic setup using EUV (extreme ultraviolet) light followed by exposure to air to introduce surface peroxide groups serving as therm...

We report a new aqueous polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) formulation that enables the hydrophobic block to be prepared first when targeting diblock copolymer nano-objects. This counter-intuitive reverse sequence approach uses an ionic reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) agent for RAFT dispersion polymerization of 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate (HPMA) produce charge-...

RAFT solution polymerization of N-(2-(methacryoyloxy)ethyl)pyrrolidone (NMEP) in ethanol at 70 °C was conducted to produce a series of PNMEP homopolymers with mean degrees of polymerization (DP) varying from 31 to 467. Turbidimetry was used to assess their inverse temperature solubility behavior in dilute aqueous solution, with an LCST of approximately 55 °C being observed in the high molecular...

Ab initio molecular orbital theory has been used to study and explain the effects of chain length on the addition– fragmentation equilibrium constant in reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. New data is presented for azobisisobutyronitrile-initiated t-butyl dithiobenzoate-mediated polymerization of methyl methacrylate, and 2-(((ethylthio)carbonothioyl)thio)prop...