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Importance of compositional homogeneity of macromolecular chains for UCST-type transitions in water: Controlled versus conventional radical polymerization

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Pineda-Contreras, Beatriz A. ; Liu, Fangyao ; Agarwal, Seema:
Importance of compositional homogeneity of macromolecular chains for UCST-type transitions in water: Controlled versus conventional radical polymerization.
In: Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry. Vol. 52 (2014) Issue 13 . - pp. 1878-1884.
ISSN 0360-6376
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pola.27196

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Project financing: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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The change of polymerization method from conventional free radical polymerization to the reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) method provided thermoresponsive behavior of upper critical solution temperature (UCST)-type in water to copolymers of styrene (St) and acrylamide (AAm). Sample preparation conditions (temperature and time of dissolution) for turbidity measurements could also significantly influence the thermoresponsive behavior of polymers based on AAm. Poly(AAm-co-St)s made by RAFT method till high conversions showed sharp cloud points ranging 50–62 °C with low hysteresis in water depending upon the copolymer composition. Samples for turbidity measurements were prepared under optimized conditions, that is, 70 °C for 1.5 h. In contrast, the copolymers made by conventional radical polymerization in all copolymer composition range were not thermoresponsive. The example poly(AAm-co-St) emphasizes the importance of compositional homogeneity of macromolecular chains for showing UCST-type transitions in water for a system with wide difference in reactivity ratios of the comonomers. Since, examples of polymeric systems showing UCST in water are not too many, this work highlights how compositional homogeneity would help in developing many more systems with tuned cloud points. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Polym. Sci., Part A: Polym. Chem. 2014, 52, 1878–1884

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Item Type: Article in a journal
Refereed: Yes
Keywords: radical polymerization; reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT); thermoresponsive polymers; upper critical solution temperature; water-soluble polymers
Institutions of the University: Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Macromolecular Chemistry II
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Chair Macromolecular Chemistry II > Chair Macromolecular Chemistry II - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Greiner
Profile Fields > Advanced Fields > Polymer and Colloid Science
Research Institutions > Research Centres > Bayreuth Center for Colloids and Interfaces - BZKG
Faculties
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry
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Profile Fields > Advanced Fields
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Research Institutions > Research Centres
Result of work at the UBT: Yes
DDC Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry
Date Deposited: 02 Apr 2015 09:14
Last Modified: 25 Feb 2022 10:05
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/9586