Reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization of vinyl acetate from nanoparticle surfaces

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Todd Emrick1, Elizabeth Glogowski, lizg@mail.pse.umass.edu2, and Hemali Rathnayake, hrathnay@polysci.umass.edu1. (1) Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, MA 01003, (2) Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 120 Governors Drive, Amherst, MA 01003
Reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization has been used as a grafting-from method for the polymerization of vinyl acetate from nanoparticle surfaces. Conversion of the poly(vinyl acetate) grafts to poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(vinyl butyraldehyde), and various copolymers enables the use of nanoparticles in a wider range of polymer matrices.
 

Functional Nanomaterials from New Polymer Synthetic Methodologies
2:00 PM-5:50 PM, Sunday, April 6, 2008 Hilton New Orleans Riverside -- Grand Salon 3, Oral

Division of Polymer Chemistry

The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008