Title

Controlled/living Carbocationic Copolymerization of Isobutylene with Alloocimene

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-20-2012

Abstract

The first example of a living carbocationic polymerization in emulsion is presented. Isobutylene was copolymerized with alloocimene, a tri-terpene. AFM, TEM, and DSC analysis demonstrated a phase separated nanostructure. NMR and TGA revealed the presence of a diblock structure in the material that displayed thermoplastic elastomeric properties with 6 MPa tensile strength and 1000% strain at break. Triblocks were also prepared by sequential monomer addition, yielding 12 MPa tensile strength with 640% strain at break.

Publication Title

Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry

Volume

51

Issue

1

First Page

29

Last Page

33

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