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Nitroxide-mediated photo-controlled/living radical dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate

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The nitroxide-mediated photo dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate (MMA) was performed by irradiation at room temperature using (2RS,2′RS)-azobis(4-methoxy-2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile) as the initiator, 4-methoxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (MTEMPO) as the mediator, (4-tert-butylphenyl)-diphenylsulfonium triflate as the photo-acid generator, and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) as the surfactant in a mixed solvent of methanol/water = 3/1 (v/v). The MTEMPO-mediated photo dispersion polymerization produced spherical particles of PMMA, while the uncontrolled photo dispersion polymerization without MTEMPO provided nonspherical particles. The size distribution of the spherical particles decreased as the PVP concentration increased. The spherical particles showed a comparatively narrow molecular weight distribution of ca. 1.6. The livingness of the polymerization was confirmed on the basis of the linear correlations of the first-order time–conversion plots and conversion–molecular weight plots. The simultaneous control of the size distribution and molecular weight was possible as long as the light penetrates into the particles.

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Yoshida, E. Nitroxide-mediated photo-controlled/living radical dispersion polymerization of methyl methacrylate. Colloid Polym Sci 289, 1625–1630 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-011-2487-8

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