Abstract
This paper describes two different strategies to obtain stable beads of 1,4-polybutadiene (PB) by suspension ring-opening metathesis of 1,5-cyclooctadiene carried out in water. Both rest on the use of amphiphilic stabilizing agents whose hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance was finely tuned. A norbornenyl-ended poly(styrene-b-ethylene oxide) macromonomer and an in situ prepared poly(butadiene-g-ethylene oxide) graft copolymer provided the required stability for PB beads in the range of 20 μm to remain suspended in water.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 7619-7627 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Macromolecules |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 20 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 5 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Organic Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry