Controlled free radical polymerization of butyl methacrylate (BMA) was performed by using DPE as molecular weight regulator and AIBN as initiator. The influence of solvent

dosage of DPE and reaction time on polymerization kinetics were studied. Poly (butyl methacrylate) (PBMA) with terminal DPE semiquinoid structure and polydispersity less than 1.43 was obtained. Amphiphilic block copolymer PBMA-b-PDMAEMA with polydispersity of 2.0 was prepared by using PBMA as macroinitiator. The composition of copolymer determined by hydrogen proton nuclear resonance (1H NMR) was similar to that calculated from gel permeation chromatography (GPC). Two glass transition temperatures of the prepared block copolymer at 11℃ and 35℃ could be detected by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Rheological investigation

laser particle size analysis of pigment paste and performance of coating film revealed that dispersing efficiency of phthalocyanine blue pigment in acrylic resin was enhanced greatly by using the prepared PBMA-b-PDMAEMA as dispersant.