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4721780 
Journal Article 
Controlled Copolymerization of styrene-divinylbenzene in the presence of TEMPO 
Nogueira, T; Lona, LMF; Mcmanus, NT; Vivaldo-Lima, E; Penlidis, A 
2009 
0 
Chemical Engineering Transactions
ISSN: 1974-9791 
AIDIC SERVIZI SRL 
MILANO 
Chemical Engineering Transactions 
17 
37-42 
WOS:000270930200007 
Nitroxide-mediated radical copolymerization (NMRP) of styrene and small amounts of divinylbenzene, using 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinoxyl (TEMPO) as controller and tert-butylperoxy-2-ethylhexyl carbonate (TBEC) as initiator, was performed with the purpose of enhancing the reaction rate while keeping the controlled and living characteristics of the polymer synthesized (low polidispersity and molecular weights increasing linearly with conversion). It was shown that at certain operating conditions it is possible to enhance the polymerization rate and produce polymers with polydispersity close to the unity. 
Pierucci, S; 
978-88-95608-01-3 
9th International Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering 
Rome, ITALY