Macromolecules

Fast monomers: factors affecting the inherent reactivity of acrylate monomers in photoinitiated acrylate polymerization

…, AA Dias, M Dorschu, B Coussens

Index: Jansen, Johan F. G. A.; Dias, Aylvin A.; Dorschu, Marko; Coussens, Betty Macromolecules, 2003 , vol. 36, # 11 p. 3861 - 3873

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Abstract

A systematic study on the effect of molecular structure on the photoinitiated polymerization of acrylates was undertaken. Initially, the research was focused on the effect of hydrogen bonding, and it was found that preorganization via hydrogen bonding enhances the maximum rate of polymerization (R p). This hydrogen bonding facilitated preorganization also affected the tacticity of the resultant polymer. Next, the effect of polarity as ...