Preparation of poly(styrene-b-butyl acrylate-b-styrene) copolymers by single electron transfer-degenerative chain transfer living free radical miniemulsion polymerization
XU Jinchao, BAO Yongzhong. Preparation of poly(styrene-b-butyl acrylate-b-styrene) copolymers by single electron transfer-degenerative chain transfer living free radical miniemulsion polymerization[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (2): 840-847.
XU Jinchao, BAO Yongzhong. Preparation of poly(styrene-b-butyl acrylate-b-styrene) copolymers by single electron transfer-degenerative chain transfer living free radical miniemulsion polymerization[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (2): 840-847.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20171005.
Iodine-terminated poly(butyl acrylate) (I-PBA-I) was prepared by single electron transfer-degenerative chain transfer (SET-DT) living free radical miniemulsion polymerization initiated by iodoform
catalyzed by sodium hydrosulfite/sodium bicarbonate and emulsified by dodecyl sodium sulfate/hexadecane. I-PBA-I was further employed as a macromolecular initiator to initiate styrene SET-DT seeded miniemulsion polymerization to prepare polystyrene-b-poly(butyl acrylate)-b-polystyrene (PS-b-PBA-b-PS) block copolymers. The structure and properties of PS-b-PBA-b-PS copolymers were characterized. Both butyl acrylate and styrene miniemulsion polymerizations exhibit great polymerization rates
and the dosage of initiator can be decreased
which is favor to preparing PBA and PS-b-PBA-b-PS copolymer with high molecular weights. PS-b-PBA-b-PS copolymers exhibit characteristics of micro-phase separation and thermoplastic elastomer. For PS-b-PBA-b-PS copolymer with PS mass fraction of 50%
the ultimate tensile strength and the elongation at break can reach 9.8 MPa and 660%