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Preparation of Polyolefin Based Segmented Copolymers Through Controlled Radical Polymerization Technique  

Hong, Sung-Chul (Department of Nano Science and Technology, Sejong University)
Lee, Seong-Hoon (Polymeric Materials Research Team, Hyundai Motor Company)
Cho, Hyun-Chul (Polymeric Materials Research Team, Hyundai Motor Company)
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Elastomers and Composites / v.44, no.3, 2009 , pp. 209-221 More about this Journal
Abstract
Polyolefins are important commodity polymers with the largest volume of business owing to their outstanding combination of cost performance and excellent physical properties. However, the lack of functional groups often has limited their end uses, such as compatibilizer, modifier and adhesive, where the interaction with other materials is especially important. The incorporation of functional groups as polymer segments to afford block or graft polyolefin copolymers has been extensively investigated in the context of the functional polyolefin hybrids. Living polymerization processes have been considered to be an efficient method to prepare the polyolefin hybrids with precisely controlled architecture and compositions. Among the living polymerization techniques, controlled/"living" radical polymerization (CRP) methods are very effective not only because of the controllability of polymerization but also because of the versatility of monomers and polymerization conditions. In this review paper, progresses on the preparations of polyolefin graft or block copolymers through CRP techniques are summarized. The commodity polymers such as polyisobutylene, polyethylene and polypropylene are combined with polar segments such as polyacrylate, polymethacrylate, polystyrene to yield functionalized polyolefins.
Keywords
polyolefin; polar segment; copolymers; controlled/"living" radical polymerization; block; graft;
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