DOI: 10.1039/A705399A
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Reference Section for: Chem. Commun., 1997, 1811-1812
Synthesis of fluorinated block copolymers and their application as novel polymerisation surfactants in supercritical carbon dioxide
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Tuck-Mun Yong, William P. Hems, Johanna L. M. van Nunen, Andrew B. Holmes, Joachim H. G. Steinke, Philip L. Taylor, John A. Segal and David A. Griffin
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.
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