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4(%3)3 - Ecole nationale supérieure de chimie de Montpellier

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proceeds, lesser monomer is available for further reaction. This <strong>de</strong>creases the overall rate ofcopolymerization and is more pronounced in case of DP = 15 in comparison to DP = 37.1,71,61,51,4DPth=15DPth=37DPth=60DPth= 295PDI1,31,21,110 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100% ConversionFigure – 4.10: Variation of polydispersity in<strong>de</strong>x with respect to % conversion for different <strong>de</strong>gree of polymerizationvaluesLastly, the polydispersity in<strong>de</strong>x (PDI) of the obtained copolymer revealed that higher DP valuesresulted in lowest PDI with DP = 295 showing between 1.21 – 1.15 (Figure – 4.10). In general, a PDI closeto 1.15 was achieved with higher % conversion for all DP values.Figure – 4.11: General reaction for the polymerization of octa<strong>de</strong>cyl methacrylate with PMMA macroinitiatorFinally, the copolymer (PMMA – b – PODMA) was synthesized (Figure – 4.11) with an optimumtheoretical DP =100 at 80 o C for a reaction time of 150 minutes to obtain a molecular weight M n ,PODMA=13500 g/mol ( 1 HNMR); M n ,PODMA – b – PMMA =21200 g/mol ( 1 HNMR) (Figure – 4.12) and a PDI valueof 1.12 as <strong>de</strong>termined by size exclusion chromatography.110

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