ACRYLIC COPOLYMERS AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME

The present invention provides novel acrylic block copolymers and a method of making the same by use of an iniferter as a means of promoting, controlling and terminating polymerization. The method involves mixing an iniferter with a first polymer charge of acrylic monomer polymerizable to an acrylic...

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Hauptverfasser: MAHFUZA, B. ALI, MILTON, H. ANDRUS, JR, OLSEN, ROGER A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention provides novel acrylic block copolymers and a method of making the same by use of an iniferter as a means of promoting, controlling and terminating polymerization. The method involves mixing an iniferter with a first polymer charge of acrylic monomer polymerizable to an acrylic block, exposing the mixture to an energy source to cause the iniferter to dissociate to form free radicals, permitting the first monomer charge to polymerize, terminating the exposure, adding a second monomer charge polymerizable to a second polymer block and again exposing the mixture to produce free radicals, permitting the second monomer charge to polymerize, and terminating the second exposure.