Controlled/‘living’ radical polymerization of MMA via in situ ATRP process
Abstract
Well-defined PMMA with very low polydispersity and α-Et2NCS2 and ω-Cl end groups was synthesized via a novel controlled/‘living’ radical polymerization (in situ ATRP process) using a tetraethylthiuram disulfide (TD)/FeCl3/PPh3 initiating system.