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Living tandem free radical polymerization of a liquid crystalline monomer

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In order to synthesize liquid crystalline polymers with controlled structure, the stable free radical polymerization (SFRP) technique was employed to obtain homopolymers and block copolymers based on mesogenic acrylates. By the use of the stable free radical 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-piperidinyl-l-oxy (TEMPO) we have obtained resins with polydispersity index (PDI) below the limiting theoretical value of 1.5, established for conventional free radical polymerization of acrylates.

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  1. Instituto de Macromoléculas Professora Eloisa Mano (IMA), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), P.O. Box 68525, 21945-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, , , , , , BR

    Celton A. Barbosa & Aílton S. Gomes

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Received: 23 July 1997/Revised version: 17 April 1998/Accepted: 5 May 1998

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Barbosa, C., Gomes, A. Living tandem free radical polymerization of a liquid crystalline monomer. Polymer Bulletin 41, 15–20 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890050327

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