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Synthesis of fluorescent poly(methyl methacrylate) via AGET ATRP

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Polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) was successfully carried out via activator generated by electron transfer for atom transfer radical polymerization technique with naphthalene-1,5-diyl-bis (2-bromo-2-methylpropanoate) as an initiator, CuCl2/bpy complex as a catalyst and tin(II) 2-ethylhexanoate (Sn(EH)2) as a reducing agent in anisole. The polymerization showed typical features of “living”/controlled radical polymerization such as a linear increase of the molecular weights of the polymers with monomer conversion and relatively narrow polydispersities throughout the polymerization process. The resultant fluorescent poly(methyl methacrylate) was characterized by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, infrared absorption spectroscopy, ultraviolet absorption spectrophotometry and fluorescence spectrophotometry.

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The financial supports of this work by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.20874069 and 50803044), the Science and Technology Development Planning of Jiangsu Province (Nos. BK2007702 and BK2007048), the International Cooperation Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No.BZ2007037), the Natural Science Key Basic Research of Jiangsu Province for Higher Education (No. 05KJA15008), Program of Innovative Research Team of Suzhou University and Qing Lan Project are gratefully acknowledged.

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    Kang Zhao, Zhenping Cheng, Zhengbiao Zhang, Jian Zhu & Xiulin Zhu

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Zhao, K., Cheng, Z., Zhang, Z. et al. Synthesis of fluorescent poly(methyl methacrylate) via AGET ATRP. Polym. Bull. 63, 355–364 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-009-0096-1

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