Abstract
Sequential anionic polymerisation routes have been used to prepare AB diblock copolymers, where A is either polystyrene or polydimethylsiloxane, and B is poly(2-vinylpyridine-1-oxide). The latter block, which is water-soluble, was obtained from the oxidation of poly(2-vinylpyridine) using peroxyacetic acid (giving 100% yield).
The resultant diblock copolymers were characterised by gel-permeation chromatography, proton nuclear magnetic resonance and gravimetric microanalysis to give relative block lengths and polydispersity indices. For both types of block copolymersM w /M n values <1.25 could be readily obtained under carefully controlled conditions.
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Biggs, S., Vincent, B. Poly(styrene-b-2-vinylpyridine-1-oxide) and poly(dimethylsiloxane-b-2 vinylpyridine-1-oxide) diblock copolymers. 1. Preparation and characterisation. Colloid Polym Sci 270, 505–510 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00665996
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