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Synthesis of poly(acrylic acid)-g-polystyrene copolymer by successive ATRP

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A series of well-defined amphiphilic graft copolymers consisting of hydrophilic poly(acrylic acid) backbone and hydrophobic polystyrene side chains were synthesized by hydrolysis of poly(methyl acrylate)-g-polystyrene under basic condition. The backbone and the side chains were synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP), so the molecular weight could be tuned by the variation of the feed ratio or monomer conversion, and the molecular weight distributions of amphiphilic graft copolymers were kept low (PDI < 1.35). The products were characterized by FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and gel permeation chromatography (GPC). The study of self-assembly behavior can benefit the formation of the well-defined structures of the products.

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The authors thank the Shandong Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no.: Y2008B63) for financial support.

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  1. New Material Institute of Shandong Academy of Sciences, 19 Keyuan Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250014, China

    Dan Peng, Rongjun Zhang, Jinhui Li & Xiao Xiao

  2. Laboratory of Polymer Materials and Key Laboratory of Organofluorine Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, 354 Fenglin Road, Shanghai, 200031, China

    Xiaohuan Zhang

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Peng, D., Zhang, X., Zhang, R. et al. Synthesis of poly(acrylic acid)-g-polystyrene copolymer by successive ATRP. Polym. Bull. 65, 657–667 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-009-0240-y

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