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Emulsifier-free polymerization of n-butyl acrylate involving trithiocarbonates based on oligomer acrylic acid

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The effect of the chain length of oligomer acrylic acid obtained in the presence of a low-molecularmass trithiocarbonate and the position of trithiocarbonate fragment (within the chain or at the chain end) on the process of emulsion polymerization of n-butyl acrylate and characteristics of the resulting dispersions has been studied for the first time. It has been found that, when using an oligomer with trithiocarbonate group located within the chain in the emulsion polymerization of n-butyl acrylate in a wide range of monomer–water phase compositions, triblock copolymers self-organizing in aqueous medium to give stable particles with the core–shell structure are formed. Oligomers with M n ∼ (5–10) × 103 are optimal for synthesis of stable dispersions. In this case, block copolymers with the controlled length of hydrophobic block and a rather narrow MWD may be obtained. Thin films formed from these copolymers retain the structure of the initial dispersions on solvent removal. If the trithiocarbonate group in the oligomer is located at the chain end, the main polymerization product is a diblock copolymer. In this case, the formation of polymer–monomer particles occurs during a longer period of time, the control of MWD is weakened, and the dispersions of particles lose the aggregative stability after thin film formation.

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  1. Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    E. V. Chernikova, A. V. Plutalova & E. A. Lysenko

  2. Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow Technological University, Moscow, 117571, Russia

    N. S. Serkhacheva, O. I. Smirnov & N. I. Prokopov

  3. Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    E. Yu. Kozhunova

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Original Russian Text © E.V. Chernikova, N.S. Serkhacheva, O.I. Smirnov, N.I. Prokopov, A.V. Plutalova, E.A. Lysenko, E.Yu. Kozhunova, 2016, published in Vysokomolekulyarnye Soedineniya, Seriya B, 2016, Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 417–428.

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Chernikova, E.V., Serkhacheva, N.S., Smirnov, O.I. et al. Emulsifier-free polymerization of n-butyl acrylate involving trithiocarbonates based on oligomer acrylic acid. Polym. Sci. Ser. B 58, 629–639 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1560090416060051

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