Towards bio-based tapered block copolymers: the behaviour of myrcene in the statistical anionic copolymerisation
Polymer Chemistry2019Vol. 10(10), pp. 1213–1220
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Eduard Grune, Jennifer Bareuther, Jan Blankenburg, Michael Appold, Lloyd Shaw, Axel H. E. Müller, George Floudas, Lian R. Hutchings, Markus Gallei, Holger Frey
Abstract
The monoterpene myrcene is a bio-based diene monomer. The statistical, living anionic copolymerization with isoprene, styrene and 4-methylstyrene leads to gradient or tapered block copolymers, studied by in-situ NMR, SAXS and TEM.