Anastasaki, Athina, Haddleton, Alice J., Zhang, Qiang, Simula, Alexandre, Droesbeke, Martijn, Wilson, Paul and Haddleton, David M. (2014) Aqueous copper-mediated living radical polymerisation ofN-acryloylmorpholine, SET-LRP in water. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Volume 35 (Number 10). pp. 965-970. doi:10.1002/marc.201400024 ISSN 1022-1336.

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Abstract

The polymerisation of N-acryloylmorpholine in water is reported utilising Cu(0)-mediated living radical polymerisation (SET-LRP). The inherent instability of [CuI(Me6-Tren)Br] in aqueous solution is exploited via rapid disproportionation to prepare Cu(0) particles and [CuII(Me6-Tren)Br2] in situ prior to addition of monomer and initiator. Quantitative conversion is attained within 30 min for various degrees of polymerisation (DPn = 20–640) with SEC showing symmetrical narrow molecular weight distributions (Đ < 1.18) in all cases. Optimised conditions are subsequently applied for the preparation of a diblock copolymer poly(NIPAm)-b-(N-acryloylmorpholine), illustrating the versatility of this approach.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry
Journal or Publication Title:	Macromolecular Rapid Communications
Publisher:	Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
ISSN:	1022-1336
Official Date:	May 2014
Dates:	Date Event May 2014 Published 7 March 2014 Available 12 January 2014 Submitted
Volume:	Volume 35
Number:	Number 10
Page Range:	pp. 965-970
DOI:	10.1002/marc.201400024
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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