Synthesis of fluorinated block copolymers and their application as novel polymerisation surfactants in supercritical carbon dioxide

…, JLM van Nunen, AB Holmes, JHG Steinke…

Index: Yong, Tuck-Mun; Hems, William P.; Van Nunen, Johanna L. M.; Holmes, Andrew B.; Steinke, Joachim H. G.; Taylor, Philip L.; Segal, John A.; Griffin, David A. Chemical Communications, 1997 , # 18 p. 1811 - 1812

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Abstract

Screened anionic copolymerisation of methyl methacrylate with the perfluoroalkyl methacrylates 2 affords well-defined AB block copolymers 4–6, which serve as effective surfactants in the dispersion polymerisation of methyl methacrylate in supercritical carbon dioxide.