The well-defined bootstrap effect in the macroinitiator-mediated pseudoliving radical copolymerization of styrene and acrylic acid

Olga V. Borisova , M.Y. Zaremski , Oleg V. Borisov (1) , Laurent Billon (1)

1 IPREM - Institut des sciences analytiques et de physico-chimie pour l'environnement et les materiaux

The bootstrap effect is observed in the pseudoliving radical copolymerization of styrene and acrylic acid mediated by a macroinitiator: the adduct of poly(acrylic acid) with a nitroxide radical. In this case, the macroinitiator serves as a peculiar "microreactor" with an increased local concentration of acrylic acid; as a result, the apparent activity of acrylic acid is higher than that in copolymerization mediated by low-molecular-mass initiators. © 2013 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.

Domaines: Chimie

Olga V. Borisova, M.Y. Zaremski, Oleg V. Borisov, Laurent Billon. The well-defined bootstrap effect in the macroinitiator-mediated pseudoliving radical copolymerization of styrene and acrylic acid. Polymer Science Series B / Vysokomolekulyarnye Soedineniya, Ser. B., 2013, 55 (11-12), pp.573-576. ⟨10.1134/S1560090413090017⟩. ⟨hal-01582022⟩