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Arunjunai R S Santha Kumar1,2,3, Stephanie Allison-Logan3, John R Finnegan3
1Rubber Technology Center, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 721302, WB, India.
Abstract:
The effect of ionic liquids on the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization mediated by a visible-light-induced photoiniferter mechanism was investigated. N,N-Dimethyl acrylamide was polymerized by photoiniferter polymerization in 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium ethylsulfate [EMIM][EtSO4] ionic liquid. We observed a considerable increase in the polymerization rate constants in ionic liquids (ILs), as well as in the mixed solvent of water and the IL, compared to those observed with water alone as the solvent. To demonstrate the robustness of the process, block copolymers with varying block ratios were synthesized with precise control over their molecular weight and mass dispersity (Đ). The very high chain-end fidelity provided by the photoiniferter polymerization in IL was described by using MALDI-ToF MS analysis.
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