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Expanded corn starch a novel material as macroinitiator/solid support in SI and AGET ATRP: GMA polymerization

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Here we have shown the use of expanded corn starch (ECS) as an effective macro-initiator in Surface Initiated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (SI-ATRP) as well as a solid support in catalytic system for Activators Generated by Electron Transfer-Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (AGET ATRP) for poly-glycidyl methacrylate (PGMA) with reasonably narrow polydispersity (PDI: 1.3–1.6). ECS having characteristic V type crystallinity imparts high surface area (~50 m2g−1), pore volume (0.43 cm3g−1) and high thermal stability enabling it as a better material over CS for use in ATRP. Also, catalytic system in AGET ATRP based on ECS can be recycled for several times without substantial loss of activity. Thus, ECS proves to be a versatile material that can be used in different ways in ATRP leading to polymers/polymer-hybrids with controlled molecular weight.

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Abbreviations

AGET-ATRP:

Activators generated by electron transfer-atom transfer radical polymerization

BIBB:

2-Bromoisobutyryl bromide

CS:

Corn starch

EBriB:

Ethyl 2-bromoisobutyrate

ECS:

Expanded corn starch

FT-IR:

Fourier tranform infrared spectroscopy

GMA:

Glycidyl methacrylate

L:

Ligand

LRP:

Living radical polymerization

NMR:

Nuclear magentic resonance

PGMA:

Poly (glycidyl methacrylate)

PMDETA:

N,N,N’,N”,N”’-Pentamethyldiethylenetriamine

SI-ATRP:

Surface initiated atom transfer radical polymerization

SEM:

Scanning electron microscopy

TEA:

Triethyl ammine

TEM:

Transmission electron microscopy

TGA:

Thermal gravimetric analysis

XRD:

X-ray diffraction.

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Acknowledgments

We acknowledge Director, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum for his support and encouragement. AB thanks Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for providing fellowship in the form of Senior Research Fellowship (SRF). The authors thank C.D. Sharma, K.L.N. Sivakumar, Raghuvir Singh, Sandeep Saran and Piyush Gupta of CSIR-IIP for providing GPC, SEM, FTIR, XRD and NMR results respectively.

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    Ankushi Bansal, Siddharth S. Ray & Alok K. Chatterjee

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Bansal, A., Ray, S.S. & Chatterjee, A.K. Expanded corn starch a novel material as macroinitiator/solid support in SI and AGET ATRP: GMA polymerization. J Polym Res 22, 23 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-015-0668-8

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